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THE  LIBRARY 

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THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 

LOS  ANGELES 


BEAUTIFUL  BOOKS 
RICHLY  BOUND 


GEORGE  D.  SMITH 

8  EAST  FORTY'FIFTH  STREET 
NEW  YORK  CITY 


TELEPHONE  :  MURRAY  HILL  1626 


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BY    CHARLES    MEARNE 


CATALOGUE  OF 

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OFFERED    FOR    SALE    BY 

GEORGE  D.^MITH 

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NEW    YORK 


New  York,  1918. 

I  desire  to  call  the  attention  of  those  who  receive  this  catalogue 
to  the  variety  and  interest  of  its  contents.  The  work  of  the  great- 
est artists  of  past  and  present  times  is  well  represented. 

Naturally  examples  of  the  older  craftsmen  grow  scarcer  with  the 
progress  of  tune.  As  to  modern  works  the  war  has  largely  inter- 
fered imth  the  production  of  fine  bindings  in  Europe  and  it  will  ie 
a  long  period  before  the  output  becomes  normal.  At  present  both 
men  and  materials  are  unobtainable. 

A  word  should  be  said  here  calling  to  the  book  lovers'  notice  the 
beautiful  creations  of  the  binders'  art  from  the  Guild  of  French 
Binders  in  this  caimtry.  They  worthily  represent  the  best  tradi- 
tions and  cannot  be  too  highly  praised.  There  are  many  of  them 
in  this  catalogue. 

George  D.  Smith. 


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BEAUTIFUL  BOOKS 
RICHLY  BOUND 

1.  ADELINE  (JULES).  La  Legende  du  Violon  de  Faience. 
With  8  exquisite  etchings  by  the  author.  8vo,  white  satin  prettily 
embroidered  with  vari-eolored  ribbons  and  silks. 

Paris:  Conquet,  1895.     $25.00 

One  of  150  Copies  on  Imperial  Japan  paper.  With  presentation  in- 
scription from  the  Publisher,  L.  Conquet  to  Robert  Hoe,  who  has  written  on 
flyleaf  "Binding  embroidered  by  Buth  Dec.  1900.    B.  H." 

EDITION  DE  LUXE  SUPERBLY  ILLUSTRATED. 

2.  AERONAUTICS.  Histoire  des  Ballons  et  des  Aeronautes 
celebres.  1801-1890.  Par  Gaston  Tissandier.  With  numerous 
fullpage  and  text  photogravures  and  fullpage  woodcuts.  2  vols., 
imperial  8vo,  full  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt  and  inlaid  backs,  sides 
richly  ornamented  with  inlaid  four-line  borders,  corners  of  inlaid 
concave  design  with  gilt  anchors,  inlaid  balloons  in  two  shades  of 
morocco  as  centre  ornaments,  gilt  inside  borders,  doublures  of  bro- 
caded silk,  gilt  edges  on  the  rough,  original  covers  bound  in,  by 
David. 

Paris:   Launette,    1890.     $350.00 

Edition  de  Grand  Luxe.  One  of  25  copies  on  Japan  paper,  with  the 
photogravure  illustrations  in  two  states.  The  full  page  wood  engravings 
are  colored  by  hand.  The  fine  vignette  portraits  of  famous  aeronauts  in- 
clude the  Montgolfiers,  Charles,  D  'Arlande,  Rozier,  Blanchard,  the  Robert 
Brothers,  Jeffries,  Cantelle,  Garnerin,  Gay-Tussac,  Green,  Poitevin,  Hen- 
son,  Cocking,  Giffard,  and  the  author,  Gaston  Tissandier. 

With  Presentation  Inscription  on  Fly  Leaf  from  the  Author  'to 
THE  Well-Known  Bibliophile  Charles  Cousin. 

ROGER  PAYNE  BINDING 

3.  ALDINE  PRESS.  CI.  Claudiani  Opera  Quam  Diligentis- 
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anchor  on  title  and  kjst  leaf,  8vo,  fine  old  crimson  levant  morocco, 
grold  borders,  jrilt  edges,  inside  borders;  [colophon]  Venetiis  in 
a'dibiis  Aldi  et  Andrea?  Asulani  Soceri,  mense  Martio  1523.   $40.00 

A  magnificent  copy  from  the  famous  collection  of  Michael  Wodhull  with 
his  manuscript  notes  and  signature  on  fly  leaf.  He  writes:  "Payne's  sale, 
stood  me  in  about  12s.,"  notes  the  volume  is  complete  and  makes  other 
references  to  it.    A  noteworthy  copy. 

WITH  ORIGINAL  MS.  BY  THE  AUTHOR 

4.  ALDRICH  (T.  B.)  The  Sisters'  Tragedy,  with  Other 
Poems,  Lj-rical  and  Dramatic.  12mo,  crimson  cinished  levant  mo- 
rocco, gilt  tooled  inside  borders,  gilt  top,  uncut. 

Boston,  1891.     $35.00 

First  Edition.  Inserted  is  an  original  poem  in  Aldrich's  autograph: 
"To  OhHvion.  By  A  Young  Poet  who  offers  himself  as  a  sacrifice  to  save 
General  Morris." 

In  addition,  upon  the  fly  leaf  is  written  the  author 's  autograph  ' '  Thomas 
Bailey  Aldrich,  March  17,  1904." 

A  VERY   RARE   ENGRAVED   ALPHABET.     1627 

5.  ALPHABET  OF  LUCAS  KILIAN.  The  complete  series 
of  24  beautifully  engraved  copper  plates,  each  containing  a  letter 
of  the  alphabet  in  arabesque,  live  inches  in  height  by  about  four 
inches  wide,  on  a  ground  work  of  interlacing  scrolls  with  figures  of 
boys  engaged  at  some  art  or  industry.  The  letter  A  contains  three 
boys  with  globes  or  atlases;  0  contains  a  large  pipe  organ  with  a 
boy  player ;  F  is  represented  by  a  nude  fisher  boy  with  trophies  of 
fish ;  W  contains  a  boy  scholar  being  birched  for  incompetence 
in  his  A,  B,  C's.  Small  4to,  red  levant  tooled  with  a  graceful 
arabesque  design  in  gold  suggested  by  the  engraving  of  the  plates. 
Doublures  of  crimson  levant,  rough  edges  gilt,  in  slip  case,  by  the 
Club  Bindery. 

No  place  or  date  but  Augsburg:  1627.     $85.00 

A  most  elaborate  and  beautiful  old  alphabet  in  a  rich  and  highly  ap- 
propriate binding,  signed  by  Leon  Maillard,  finisher.  The  binding  must 
have  cost  more  than  the  above  named  price.  Besides  the  artistic  and 
antiquarian  interest  attached  to  these  beautiful  engravings,  they  have  a 
practical  and  suggestive  value  to  the  designer  of  to-day. 

[see  illtjsteation] 

6.  AMOURS  (Les)  de  Catherine  de  Bourbon,  Soeur  de  Roi, 
et  du  Comte  de  Soissons.  Par  Alice  Hurtrel.  Plates  and  desigtis 
throughout  text,  hy  Lalauze  and  others.  16mo,  full  blue  levant 
morocco,  gilt  back  and  inside  borders,  gilt  top,  in  slip-case,  chamois 
lined.  Paris.   1882.     $25.00 

Only  100  copies  printed  on  Holland  paper,  signed  by  Mme.  Hurtrel. 

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rare    engraved    alphabet,    1627. 

red  levant  by  the  club  bindery 

signed  by  leon  maillard 

[number  5] 


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ONE  OF  TWO  COPIES  ON  VELLUM 

7.  ANACREON.  Odae  graece  et  latine.  Small  4to,  full  old 
rose  crushed  levant  morocco,  elaborate  design  and  interlacing  bands 
in  light  brown,  blue,  green  and  red  levant  within  gold  lines,  the 
spaces  filled  with  gold  arabesque  ornaments  in  the  Grolier  manner, 
gilt  tooled  back  and  inside  border,  gilt  edges,  by  the  Club  Bind- 
ery. Lutetiae:  apud  Henricum  Stephanum,  1584.    $1600.00 

First  Edition.    One  of  only  two  copies  Printed  on  Velltjm. 

8.  ANDREWS  (WM.  LORING).  Bibliopegy  in  the  United 
States  and  Kindred  Subjects.  8vo,  original  boards,  gilt  top,  un- 
cut. New  York,  1902.     $17.50 

Beautifully  illustrated  with  30  full  page  plates,  some  in  gold  and  colors, 
of  early  American  bindings,  specimens  by  noted  recent  binders  and  exam- 
ples of  early  American  engraving.  The  entire  edition  consisting  of  177 
copies  only. 

SIGNED  BINDING  BY  COBDEN-SANDERSON 

9.  ARNOLD  (MATTHEW).  Empedocles  on  Etna.  A  Dra- 
matic Poem.  Decorations  hy  Ricketts.  8vo,  olive  levant  morocco, 
sides  covered  with  a  trefoil  design,  inside  border,  gilt  edges,  by 
CoBDEN  Sanderson,  at  the  Doves  Bindery,  and  signed  in  1901, 

London:  Vale  Press,  1896.     $350.00 

A  very  charming  and  desirable  specimen  of  Cobden-Sanderson 's  best 
binding.  Books  bound  by  him  are  now  exceedingly  hard  to  procure.  In- 
serted is  a  very  interesting  four  page  Autograph  Letter  signed  from  Irving 
Way  of  Chicago  giving  a  very  full  account  of  the  famous  bindery.  He 
concludes  the  letter  by  saying  "You  will  note  signature  in  yours  has 
*C —  S — '  which  is  the  great  man  himself." 

10.  AUCASSIN  AND  NICOLETE,  revised  and  edited  by  F. 
W.  Bourdillon.  Frontispiece  by  L.  Pissarro,  Svo,  full  green 
crushed  levant  morocco,  floral  ornaments  in  corners,  gilt  tops, 
uncut.  Eragny  Press,  Hammersmith,  1903.     $30.00 

BALZAC 'S  MASTERPIECE 

11.  BALZAC  (HONORE  DE).  Eugenie  Grandet.  IlUistrated 
with  8  Superb  Etchings  hy  LE  RAT  after  the  Designs  of  M.  DAG- 
NAN -BOW  ERET.  8vo,  dark  green  crushed  levant,  with  gold 
line  tooling  on  sides  and  back;  doublures  of  crimson  crushed  le- 
vant with  leafy  borders,  green  silk  fly  leaves,  rough  edges  gilt, 
original  wrappers  bound  in,  in  slip  case,  by  Marius  Michel. 

Paris :  Par  Motteroz,  1883.     $225.00 

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GEORGE   D.   SMITH   EIGHT  EAST  FORTY-FIFTH   STREET  NEW  YORK 

Edition  of  120  copies  sumptuously  printed  for  the  SocifiT^  des  Amis 
DES  LiVRES,  and  with  the  etchings  in  double  proof  state.  At  the  end  is  a 
list  of  tlic  Monibcrs  of  the  Society  including  the  names  of  many  noted 
bibliophiles  such  as  Due  d'Aumale,  Eugene  Paillet,  Henri  Beraldi,  Baron 
Portalis  and  others. 

The  issues  of  this  famous  book  society  are  now  very  hard  to  procure, 
regardless  of  price. 

12.  B AN VILLE  (THEODORE  DE).  Gringoire.  Comedie  en 
un  Acte  en  Prose.  With  Portrait  of  the  Author  and  14  splendid 
etchings  hi/  Boi^son  after  Jules  Wagrez.  8vo,  brown  levant,  with 
centre  compartment  of  green  morocco  gilt,  vellum  linings  and  fly 
leaves,  rough  edges  gilt,  by  Chambolle-Duru. 

Paris :  Librairie  Conquet,  1899.     $100.00 

Sumptuous  copy  with  the  beautiful  etchings  in  two  proof  states.  The 
personages  of  the  Play  are  Louis  XI,  Gringoire,  Simon  Fourmez  and  his 
daughter  Loyse,  Olivierle-Daim  and  Nicole  Audry. 

13.  BARING-GOULD  (S.).  Nero.  Title  in  red  and  black, 
square  small  8vo,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco  with  de- 
signs of  roses  in  compartments,  and  with  doublures  of  light  blue 
crushed  levant  morocco,  intertwined  linear  border,  watered  silk 
fly  leaves,  gilt  tops  uncut,  by  Riviere. 

London:   Humphreys,   1907.     $40.00 

One  of  the  belles  lettres  series  of  the  publisher's  "Eoyal  Library"  in  a 
luxurious  binding. 

[see  illustration] 

14.  BENTZON  (TH.).  Jacqueline.  Charmingly  illustrated 
with  full-page  plates  and  vignettes  printed  in  color  after  designs 
hy  Albert  Lynch.  Folio,  full  light  brown  levant  morocco,  front 
cover  inlaid  with  life-size  bluets  and  daisies,  back  cover  inlaid 
with  a  spray  of  roses,  in  natural  colors,  inside  floral  borders, 
doublures  aand  flys  of  figured  moire  silk,  gilt  edges  on  the  rough, 
original  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Raparlier. 

Paris:  Boussod,  Valadon  et  Cie,  1893.     $125.00 

First  Edition.     One  of   20   copies  on  large  Whatman  paper,   with  an 

ORIGINAL  ■WATER-COLOR  DRAWING  BY   LyNCH,  on  half-title. 

MARIE    ANTOINETTE'S    COPY 

15.  BEAUMARCHAIS  (PIERRE  AUGUSTIN  CARON  DE). 
Oeuvres  Completes.  4  vols.,  8vo,  contemporary  calf  binding  with 
the  Crown  and  Monogram  of  Marie  Antoinette  on  sides,  gilt 
edges.  No  Place  [Kehl],  1780.     $1000.00 

An  Association  Book  of  Unsurpassable  Interest,  Connecting  the 
American  and  French  Revolutions,  the  Two  Most  Stupendous  Events 
or  THE  XVIII  Century. 


GEORGE   D.    SMITH   EIGHT   EAST   FORTY-FIFTH   STREET   NEW   YORK 

Caron  de  Beaumarchais '  writings  are  composed  of  his  wonderful 
Memoirs  and  his  still  more  wonderful  Plays.  In  1775  he  memorialized  the 
king  in  advocacy  of  aiding  the  American  colonies  in  their  struggle  with  the 
British  Crown.  He  held  negotiations  with  Arthur  Lee,  agent  of  the  colo- 
nists, and  finally  persuaded  the  prime  minister,  Maurepas,  to  sanction  a 
loan  of  1,000,000  livres  and  to  secure  the  advance  of  an  equal  sum  from 
the  Spanish  government.  Arms  and  ammunition  for  the  Americans  were 
delivered  from  the  public  arsenals  to  Beaumarchais,  operating  under  the 
firm  name  of  Eoderique  Hortalez  &  Co.,  on  his  entering  into  an  obliga- 
tion to  replace  them.  In  the  early  part  of  1777  he  shipped,  in  three  of  his 
own  vessels,  200  guns,  25,000  muskets,  and  200,000  pounds  of  gunpowder, 
and  sent  over  on  the  ' '  Amphitrite ' '  50  European  officers,  among  the  num- 
ber La  Eouerie,  Pulaski,  and  Baron  Steuben.  The  shipments  were  con- 
tinued, but,  owing  to  an  erroneous  impression  that  the  supplies  were  a  gift 
from  the  French  government,  Congress  failed  to  make  remittances,  and 
the  French  government  advanced  another  million  francs  to  relieve  Beau- 
marchais from  his  embarrassments,  and  he  persevered  in  forwarding  sup- 
plies until  1779.  The  United  States  were  indebted  to  Beaumarchais  at  the 
end  of  the  transactions  in  the  sum  of  4,000,000  francs,  an  obligation  which 
the  American  Government  was  unable  to  meet,  and  which  was  finally  com- 
promised in  1835,  by  the  payment  of  800,000  francs  to  his  heirs. 


BEAUTIFUL   AND   RARE    SPECIMEN   OF    OLD   ENGLISH 
INLAID  BINDING 

16.  BIBLE.  The  Holy  Bible,  containing  the  Old  Testament 
and  the  New.  Engraved  title.  8vo,  contemporary  binding  in  red 
morocco,  the  sides  in  compartments  formed  by  interlaced  narrow 
bands  inlaid  in  blue  morocco  and  outlined  in  gold,  the  spaces  filled 
with  floral  and  other  toolings  of  very  delicate  execution,  all  en- 
closed within  a  border  of  fleur-de-lys,  gilt  mosaic  back,  gilt  edges, 
in  a  green  crushed  levant  morocco  slip  case  by  The  French  Bind- 
ers of  Garden  City.  London,  1771.     $375.00 

[see  illustration] 

A  very  beautiful  specimen  of  binding  executed  by  Charles  Mearne,  and 
probably  one  of  his  very  last.  From  the  library  of  the  Countess  Elizabeth 
Capel  of  Essex  with  her  bookplate  and  autograph. 

HORACE  WALPOLE'S  BIBLE  IN  A  CURIOUS  OLD 
BINDING 

17,  Biblia  Sacra,  sive  Testamentum  Vetus  ab  I.  Tremellio  et 
F.  Junio  ex  Hebraso  latin e  redditum  et  Testamentum  Novum  a 
T.  Beza  e  grgeco  in  latinum  versum.  Engraved  title.  12mo,  Eng- 
lish binding  in  vellum,  the  sides  and  back  covered  with  fine  and 
delicate  pointille  tooling  in  gold  and  silver,  with  colored  bands, 
gilt  edges,  attributed  to  Samuel  Mearne,  and  of  his  style  and 
period.  Amsterdam,  1669.     $125.00 

From  the  library  of  Horatio  Walpole,  with  his  bookplate. 

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18.  BINYON  (LAWRENCE).  Poems.  8vo,  full  olive  green 
levant  morocco,  gilt  and  red  flower  design  in  the  corners,  doublures 
of  dark  red  calf,  dotted  borders,  brocade  silk  end  leaves,  gilt  top, 
uncut,  by  ]\Iorley.  Oxford,  1895.     $35.00 

Only  250  copies  printed.    With  the  H.  W.  Poor  morocco  book-plate. 

19.  BIOGRAPHY.  The  Lives  of  Eminent  and  Remarkable 
Characters,  Born  or  Long  Resident  in  the  Counties  of  Essex, 
Suffolk  and  Norfolk.  With  68  very  fine  Miniature  Portraits 
engraved  in  stipple.  12mo,  fine  old  English  straight-grained  green 
morocco,   gold  borders  on  sides,   tooled  back. 

London:  Longmans,  1820.     $25.00 

A  rare  collection  in  fine  old  binding.  Among  the  most  famous  of 
Lives  here  recounted  are  those  of  Sir  Robert  and  Horatio  Walpole,  Ad- 
miral Sir  Cloudesley  Shovel,  Lord  Nelson,  Sir  Nicholas  Bacon,  Cavendish 
the  Navigator,  Thomas  Gainsborough,  Philemon  Holland,  Francis  Quarles, 
Margaret  Duchess  of  Newcastle,  Sir  John  Hawkwood,  Chief  Justice  Coke, 
Sir  .Tohn  Falstaflf,  Lord  Cornwallis,  Cardinal  Wolsey,  John  Lydgate,  Sam- 
uel Purchas,  John  Day  the  Printer,  John  Elwes  the  Miser,  Edmund  Hieker- 
ingill,  Bishop  Gardiner,  Sir  Henry  Spelman,  and  many  others  equally 
famous  in  history,  literature  and  art. 

A  BAS-RELIEF   BINDING 

20.  BLAKE  (WILLIAM).  The  Grave,  a  Poem  by  Robert 
Blair.  With  a  Life  of  the  Author.  Illustrated  hy  12  large  etch- 
ings hy  Schiuvonetti  after  the  wonderful  designs  of  William  Blake. 
Large  -Ito,  full  olive  brown  levant  with  large  centre  panel  of  lighter 
brown  morocco  chiselled  in  relief  with  the  design  of  "The  Skele- 
ton Re-animated"  drawn  hy  Blake  for  the  title-page  of  the  Poem. 
The  panel  is  enclosed  within  a  beautiful  gilt  scroll  line  border 
with  inlays  of  light  blue  levant  with  gold-tooled  stars,  gilt  top, 
uncut,  with  fleece-lined  flexible  leather  cover,  by  Riviere. 

London:  Bensley,  1813.     $275.00 

First  Edition  op  this  famous  Blake  Book  in  a  wonderfully 
ARTISTIC  BINDING.  Outside  of  the  12  splendid  etchings  the  book  is  particu- 
larly noteworthy  for  the  fine  portrait  of  Blake  by  Schiavonetti  after  T. 
Phillips  and  for  the  solemn  Dedicatory  Poem  "To  the  Queen"  signed 
' '  William   Blake, ' '  commencing 

' '  The  Door  of  Death  is  made  of  Gold 
That  Mortal  Eyes  cannot  behold." 

Among  the  long  list  of  subscribers  are  the  names  of  Benjamin  West,  Cos- 
way,  Eobert  Fulton,  Lady  Hamilton,  Thomas  Bewick,  David  Hume  and 
other  celebrities.     Sound,  clean  and  spotless  copy. 

21.  BLOUNT  (SIR  THOMAS  POPE).  De  Re  Poetica;  or, 
Remarks  upon  Poetry.  With  Characters  and  Censures  of  the  Most 
Considerable  Poets,  whether  Ancient  or  Modern.     Small  4to,  ma- 

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roon  levant,  with   interlacing  line  borders  on  sides,   gilt  edges, 
by  Leon  Gruel.  London:  Ric  Everingham,  1604.     $65.00 

First  Edition  and  a  very  beautiful  copy  of  this  early  work  on  the  early 
English  poets  and  playwrights.  In  the  second  part  of  the  book,  among 
the  authors  discussed  and  criticised  are  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  George 
Buchanan,  Chaucer,  Cowley,  Davenant,  Denham,  Donne,  Ben  Jonson,  Mil- 
ton, Oldham,  Katharine  Phillips,  Eochester,  Sidney,  Spenser,  Suckling, 
Waller  and  Shakespeare. 

22.  BOCCACE  (GIOVANNI).  ■  Le  Fiancee  du  Roy  de  Garbe. 
Traduction  de  Anthoine  Le  Magon.  Decorative  borders  and  illus- 
trations by  Leon  Lebegue,  hand-colored.  Imperial  8vo,  full  green 
crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  fleurons  in  the  corners,  gilt  line  bor- 
ders, doublures  of  brown  levant  morocco,  line  and  scroll  border 
terminating  in  decorated  squares  in  the  corners,  yellow  figured 
silk  guards,  gilt  edges,  original  wrappers  bound  in,  and  with  a 
slip  case,  by  Affolter.  Paris,  1903.     $165.00 

One  of  12  copies  on  Imperial  Japan  paper,  with  an  extra  set  of  un- 
colored  plates  on  China  paper. 

BEAUTIFUL  COPY  OF  A  RARE  FRENCH  ALLEGORY 

23.  BOUCHET  (JEAN).  Le  labirith  de  fortune  &  seiour  des 
trois  nobles  Dames  compose  par  lacteur  des  Regnars  trauersans,  et 
loups  rauissans.  Surnomme  le  trauerseur  des  voyes  perilleuses. 
Woodcut  in  the  title  and  printer's  mark  at  the  end.  4to,  brown 
levant,  the  sides  in  a  Grolier  pattern  of  inlaid  bands  of  dark  and 
light  brown  and  green  morocco,  within  gold  lines,  gold  scrolls  and 
arabesques,  gilt  mosaic  back,  gilt  edges,  by  Cape. 

Paris :  par  Philippe  Le  Noir,  1532.     $100.00 

Magnificent  copy  of  this  rare  poetical  treatise  on  the  misfortunes  which 
befall  men  of  all  conditions.  The  "Trois  nobles  dames"  whose  dwelling 
place  everyone  should  endeavor  to  reach  are  Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity. 

24.  BOUFFLERS  (STANISLAS  DE).  Aline,  Peine  de  Gol- 
conde.  Illustrated  with  15  exquisite  engravings  by  Gaujean,  some 
in  color.  8vo,  full  crushed  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt  back  of 
floral  sprays  in  compartments,  covers  richly  decorated  in  gilt  with 
floral  designs,  baskets  of  roses,  birds,  butterflies,  etc.,  gilt  inside 
border  of  roses,  doublures  and  flys  of  light  blue  brocade  satin, 
gilt  edges  on  the  rough,  original  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Cham- 
boUe-Duru. 

Paris:  Grave  &  Imprime  pour  la  Societe  des  Amis  des  Livres. 

1887.     $200.00 

One  of  the  first  50  copies  (of  115  printed)  for  members.  This  copy  waa 
issued  to  M.  Collin.     The  volume  is  engraved  throughout. 


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25.  BRITISH  POETS.  The  Aldine  Edition  of  the  British 
Poets,  with  Memoirs  and  Xotes  by  the  Rev.  John  Dyce,  Sir  H. 
Niehohis.  the  Rev.  A.  Dyce.  and  others.  Portraits.  53  vols.,  12mo, 
full  polished  ealf,  prilt  backs,  Aldine  anchor  on  sides,  gilt  tops, 
by  Zachnsdorf.  London :  William  Pickering,  1831-53.     $450.00 

A  very  handsome  and  desirable  set  of  these  charming  classics.  Many  of 
tlie  volumes  are  of  the  first  issue. 

UNIQUE   VELLUM   COPY   IN   RICH   BOZERIAN  BINDING 

26.  CARICATURES.  Principes  de  Caricatures,  suivis  d'un 
Essai  sur  la  Peinture  Comiqiie.  Traduits  de  1'  Anglais  de  Francis 
Grose  en  francais,  avec  des  augmentations.  8vo,  blue  straight- 
grained  morocco,  richly  tooled  back  and  sides ;  pink  silk  linings  and 
fly  leaves,  gilt  edges,  by  Bozebian. 

Paris:  Renouard,   1802.     $150.00 

The  only  copy  printed  on  vellum.  Illustrated  by  28  plates,  several 
folding,  engraved  hy  Grohman  after  Berggold,  Grose,  Newton  and  Wood- 
ward. 

27.  CAROVE  (F.  W.).  The  Story  Without  an  End,  translated 
from  the  German  by  Sarah  Austin.  Vignette  on  title.  18mo,  full 
light  blue  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges  by  Toof. 

Portland,   Me.:   Mosher,   1897.     $20.00 
Japanese  paper  copy. 

28.  CASTIGLIONE  (COUNT  BALDESAR).  The  Book  of 
the  Courtier,  Translated  from  the  Italian  and  Annotated  by  Leon- 
ard Eckstein  Opdycke.  With  71  portraits,  and  15  autographs  re- 
produced hy  Edward  Bierstadt.  Royal  quarto,  in  a  remarkable 
inlaid  binding,  consisting  of  a  groundwork  of  full  light  brown 
crushed  levant  morocco,  with  a  bold  design  inlaid  in  green,  yellow 
and  red  moroccos,  representing  leaves  and  flowers  from  base,  and 
passing  through  a  crown ;  back  inlaid  in  panels,  doublures  or  blue 
levant  with  an  inlaid  panel  of  a  conventional  design  inlaid  in 
brown,  blue,  red  and  yellow  moroccos,  flies  of  purple  silk,  gilt 
top,  uncut,  by  Riviere.     In  leather  lined  slip  case. 

New  York,  1901.     $250.00 

A  most  elaborate  inlaid  binding.  The  doublures  exhibit  in  particular  a 
bright  and  pleasing  effect.     One  of  Rivifer§'s  masterpieces  of  bookbinding. 

29.  CHAMPLAIN  (SAMUEL  DE).  Voyages  et  Descovertvres 
faites  en  la  Novvelle  France,  depuis  I'annee  1615  iusques  a  la  fin 
de  I'annee  1618.  Par  le  Sieur  de  Champlain,  Cappitaine  ordinaire 
pour  le  Ray  en  la  Mer  du  Ponant.  Engraved  title,  6  plates,  includ- 
ing two  folding.    12mo,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  elab- 

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orately  tooled  in  gilt  irregular  compartments  surrounding  a  decora- 
tive center  piece,  the  design  carried  out  in  line  and  dot  tooling 
and  floriated  sprays,  doublure  of  green  levant,  with  gilt  dentelle 
border,  green  silk  end-leaves,  gilt  edges,  by  Lortic  Freres.  In 
green  morocco  case.  Paris :  Chez  Clavde  Collet,  1619.     $725.00 

An  immaculate  copy  of  the  First  Edition.  Aside  from  its  beautiful 
condition  this  copy  has  additional  value  from  the  fact  that  it  contains  the 
two  original  blank  leaves  completing  signature  Y  at  the  end,  which  are 
very  seldom  found. 

This  is  Champlain's  third  work,  in  which  he  describes  the  events  from 
1615  to  the  date  of  writing.  It  is  particularly  interesting  for  its  exten- 
sive information  concerning  native  tribes  and  topography  of  the  state  of 
New  York  and  surrounding  country  and  lakes.  The  plates,  illustrative  of 
scenes  in  Indian  life,  are  fine  specimens  of  the  engraving  of  the  period. 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  CHARLES  II 

30.  CHARLES  I.     'EIKfiN  BASIAIKH.  The  Pourtraicture 

of  his  Sacred  INIajestie  in  his  solitudes  and  sufferings.  Folding 
frontispiece  representing  Charles  I.  at  his  devotions,  engraved  hy 
Marshall,  and  2  inserted  portraits  and  full  page  cut  of  the  Royal 
Arms.  8vo,  contemporary  English  brown  morocco,  gilt  panelled 
sides,  fleurons  on  corners,  the  Crowned  initials  "C.  R."  in  the 
centre  of  both  covers,  and  below  a  skull,  gilt  edges. 

n.  p.,  1649.     $125.00 

One  op  the  Presentation  copies  erom  Charles  II,  mentioned  by 
Lowndes.  Inserted  are  2  scarce  portraits  of  Charles  I,  one  representing 
him  at  the  age  of  19.  This  copy  contains  at  end  the  "Perfect  Copie  of 
Private  Prayers  used  by  His  Majestic  in  the  Time  of  his  Sufferings," 
which  is  frequently  missing.     With  the  Ashburnham-Hoe  bookplates. 

In  an  old  hand  is  written  upon  the  fly-leaf :  ' '  This  was  one  of  the 
presentation  copies  from  King  Charles  the  2nd  &  has  2  additional  portraits 
inserted.  The  Prayers  at  the  end  are  not  to  be  found  in  many  copies,  & 
the  Greek  distich  which  closes  the  volume  I  have  never  seen  in  any  other 
copy.     P.  H." 

[see  illustration] 

31.  CLARETIA  (JULES).  La  Corde.  Illustrated  with  ex- 
quisite etchings  hy  Boisson  after  the  designs  of  Charles  Jonas. 
8vo,  citron  levant,  the  sides  and  back  entirely  covered  with  gold 
tooled  roses  in  small  leafj^  compartments,  antique  damask  linings 
and  fly  leaves,  rough  edges  gilt. 

Paris:  Imprime  pour  les  Amis  des  Livres,  1901.     $100.00 

One  of  125  copies  printed  for  members  of  the  Society.  The  binding  is 
a  magnificent  specimen  from  the  Club  Bindery. 

32.  CLARKE  (MARY  ANNE).  The  Rival  Princes;  or,  A 
Faithful  Narrative  of  Facts  Relating  to  Mrs.  M.  A.  Clarke's  Poli- 
tical Acquaintance  with  Colonel  Wardle,  Major  Dodd,  etc.,  etc., 


OEORaE   D.    SMITH    EIGHT   EAST   FORTY-FIFTH   STREET   NEW   YORK 

who  were  ooiicornod  in  the  Charges  a{?ainst  the  Duke  of  York, 
ete..  etc.  Portrait.  2  volumes,  8vo,  bound  in  full  purple  levant 
morocco,  the  front  cover  of  Vol.  1  adorned  with  a  charming  minia- 
ture portrait  of  Miss  Clarke,  paintoi:  by  Miss  E.  B.  Currie,  and 
a  miniature  ]K)rtrait  of  the  Duke  of  York  set  into  the  front  cover  of 
Vol.  II,  the  intervening  spaces  of  the  front  covers  decorated  with 
floral  inlays  or  red  and  green  moroccos,  richly  gilt-tooled,  the 
backs  inlaid  with  green  morocco,  gilt-tooled,  gilt  tops,  uncut,  by 
Riviere.     Each  volume  in  a  purple  morocco  solander  case. 

London :  Printed  for  the  Author,  1810.     $500.00 

FIXE  FRENCH  ENGRAVINGS  OF  THE  18TH  CENTURY 

33.  COLARDEAU  (CHARLES  PIERRE).  CEuvres  de  Colar- 
ieau.  Portrait  after  Voiroit  and  11  plates  hy  Louis  Legrand, 
Mathieu,  Baquoy,  De  Launay,  and  others,  after  Monnet's  designs. 
2  vols.,  8vo,  red  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Derome  the  Younger. 

Paris:  Le  Jay,  1779.     $90.00 

A  very  scarce  and  fine  Holland  paper  copy  of  the  First  Edition. 

34.  CONSTABLE  (HENRY).  The  Poems  and  Sonnets. 
Edited  from  Early  Editions  and  Manuscripts  by  John  Gray. 
Decorations  executed  hy  Charles  Ricketts.  8vo,  wine-colored 
crushed  levant  morocco,  wide  gilt  tooled  inside  borders,  gilt  top, 
uncut,  original  covers  bound  in. 

London:  Vale  Press,  1897.     $25.00 

One  of  210  copies  printed. 

35.  Constitutiones  primfe  [et  secundre]  Synodi  Diocesanas  .  .  . 
Carolo  Rosetto  .  .  ,  Nonas  Julii  MDCXLVI.  Bonnoniae  .  .  . 
Jaeobi  Montii,  etc.  1647-1649.  4to,  red  morocco,  sides  covered 
with  gold  tooling,  centering  in  a  Cardinal 's  hat,  with  arms  painted 
on  vellum,  gilt  edges,  with  the  original  silk  ties.  $200.00 

The  second  part,  Faventise:  Georgium  Zaraf allium,  14  pp.,  is  usually 
missing.  A  remarkably  good  specimen  of  Italian  bookbindery  of  the  XVII 
century  in  almost  faultless  condition. 

AN  EXCESSIVELY  RARE  OLD  FRENCH  POEM 

36.  CONTREBLASON  DE  FAULCES  AMOURS.  Intitule  le 
Grant  Blason  Damours  Espirituelles  et  Divines  Ensemble  Pareille- 
ment.  Premierement  aussi  certain  epigramme  et  servantois  d'hon- 
neur.  Fait  et  compose  a  la  louenge  du  treschristien  Roy  de  France 
Loys  de  Vallois  septiesme  de  ce  nom.  Printed  in  Gothic  Charac- 
ters; with  Simon  Vostre's  small  printer's  device  on  title,  large 
woodcuts  in  two  compartments  on  hack  of  title  representing  the 

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Trinity  surrounded  by  angels,  whilst  the  lower  panel  contains  the 
kneeling  figures  of  Louis  XII  and  the  Pope,  on  the  last  page  is 
the  large  device  of  Vostre.  Small  8vo,  crimson  crushed  levant, 
inlaid  on  sides  with  a  beautiful  Grolier  design  in  mosaic  of  eight 
vari-colored  levants,  doublures  of  light  blue  levant  studded  v?-ith 
alternate  roses  and  lilies  in  gold;  light  blue  silk  flyleaves,  gilt 
gauffred  edges,  by  Lortic,  in  crimson  levant  slip  case. 

A  Paris:     Imprime  pour  Simon  Vostre   [1512].     $300.00 

A   MATCHLESSLY  BEAUTIFXJL  COPY  OF  THIS  EXCESSIVELY  RARE  AND  CUEIOUS 

Poem,  written  in  answer  to  "Le  Blason  de  Faulces  Amours"  by  Guillaume 
Alexis,  is  in  the  form  of  a  dialogue  between  a  lady  of  the  Court  and  a 
nun.  At  the  end  is  an  acrostic  verse  of  twelve  lines  which  contains  the 
name  of  the  poet  Estrees  and  the  names  of  the  prince  and  princess  to 
whom  the  book  is  dedicated,  Charles  De  Croy  and  Louise  D'Albret. 
The  acrostic  is  followed  by  a  "Joyous  Ballad"  composed  in  honour  of  the 
Inviolate  Mother  of  God,  ending  with  the  device  " Souffir  pour  parvenir." 
Brunet  in  his  description  of  a  later  edition  of  the  poem  could  only  locate 
one  copy  of  it,  and  the  Repertoire  Morgand,  extending  from  1876  to  1899, 
only  describes  one  copy,  to  which  it  devotes  two  entire  pages. 

[see  illustration] 

38.  COTTON  (CHARLES).  Poems  on  Several  Occasions.  8vo, 
crushed  brown  levant  morocco,  gilt  and  inlaid  backs,  sides  richly 
ornamented  in  gold,  central  panel  of  a  lighter  brown,  having  a 
Grolieresque  design,  inlaid  entwined  C's  in  corners,  gilt  edges, 
by  Riviere. 

London:  Printed  for  Tho.  Basset,  1689.     $125.00 

The  Rare  First  Edition  in  a  Very  Rich  and  Artistic  Binding.  The 
author  of  this  collection  of  poems  was  the  adopted  son  of  Izaak  Walton  and 
the  author  of  the  Second  Part  of  the  Compleat  Angler. 

Many  of  the  poems  are  of  the  somewhat  free  character  which  marked  the 
period,  while  others  will  be  found  of  interest  to  collectors  on  special  sub- 
jects.    Among  the  latter  is  the  poem  against  Tobacco: 

"What    Crime   America,    that   Heaven   would   please 
To  make  thee  Mother  of  the  World's  disease?" 

[see  illustration] 


A  RARE   FRENCH  JEST   BOOK,   1650 

39.  COURRIER  FACETIEUX  (LE).  Recueil  des  Meilleurs 
recontres  de  ce  temps.  Engraved  frontispiece.  Small  8vo,  old 
limp  crimson  morocco  with  fleurs-de-lis,  gilt  side  panels,  gilt  edges, 
overlapping  side  edges. 

Lyon:  Claude  La  Riviere,  1650.     $35.00 

A  remarkable  and  beautiful  old  binding  of  the  period,  and  in  a  style 
seldom  seen  except  in  vellum.  The  frontispiece  is  curious  and  represents 
the  Courier  riding  backward.  Like  all  ancient  and  popular  works  of  an 
ephemeral  character,  it  is  of  great  rarity. 

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40.  COWLEY  (ABRAHAM).  Poems:  Miscellanies,  The  Mis- 
tress, or.  Love  Verses.  Pindarique  Odes,  &  Davideis,  or,  a  Sacred 
Poem  of  the  Troubles  of  David.  Folio,  full  mottled  calf,  gilt 
edges,  by  Riviere. 

London :  Printed  for  Humphrey  iMoseley,  1656.     $150.00 

First  collected  edition.     Fine  copy. 

The  preface  contains  most  curious  references  to  the  collected  work  of 
Shakespeare,  Fletcher,  and  Jonson. 

CRUIKSHANK'S  LIFE.     EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED 

41.  CRUIKSHANK  (GEORGE),  LIFE  OF.  By  Blauchard 
Jerrold.  2  volumes.  Extra-illustrated,  inlaid  and  extended  to  7 
magnificent  folio  volumes  by  the  insertion  of  nearly  800  illustra- 
tions by  or  relating  to  George  Cruikshank  and  his  life  and  works. 
Bound  by  Riviere  in  full  red  levant  morocco,  gilt  backs,  the  edges 
heavily  gilded,  and  with  rich  green  watered  silk  end-lining  orna- 
mented with  emblematic  figures  and  reproductions  of  Cruikshank 's 
signature.  London,  1882.     $1,650.00 

Of  the  728  illustrations,  no  less  than  188  are  proofs.  Two  are  superb 
Original  Water-Color  Drawings  by  Cruikshank,  the  coloring  of  which 
is  in  the  softest  and  most  delicate  of  tones.  One  of  these  is  a  striking 
full-page  drawing  for  Lever's  novel,  "Arthur  O'Leary."  There  is  also  a 
most  interesting  wood-engraving  with  Cruikshank 's  signed  autograph  in- 
scription relating  to  it  below.  Another  fine  piece  is  an  etching  (in  outline) 
filled  in  with  sepia-wash. 

Fifty-one  Autograph  Letters  are  distributed  through  the  various  vol- 
umes. Of  these,  forty  are  by  Cruikshank,  two  by  Dickens  (one  of  which 
is  in  the  third  person),  two  by  C.  Landseer,  and  one  by  each  of  the  fol- 
lowing: W.  M.  Thackeray,  William  Harrison  Ainsworth,  Bryan  Waller 
Proctor  (Barry  Cornwall),  A,  Forrester  (Crowquill),  John  Kuskin,  E.  H. 
Barham  (Ingoldsby),  and  J.  R.  Lament.  The  letters  by  Cruikshank  are 
very  characteristic.  Dickens'  signed  holograph  letter  is  three  pages  in 
length  and  refers  to  his  interest  in  prison  reform;  it  is  dated  November 
24,  1849. 

By  far  the  greater  portion  of  the  illustrations  consist  of  brilliant  im- 
pressions of  Cruikshank  's  engravings,  etc.,  for  the  host  of  works  to  which 
he  contributed  the  fruits  of  his  extraordinary  genius.  In  some  instances 
they  comprise  complete  sets  of  his  illustrations  for  a  particular  work. 
Among  the  books  whose  illustrations  are  here  represented  either  wholly  or 
in  part  are:  William  Hone's  publications,  and  satirical  tracts;  Pierce 
Egan  's  Life  in  Landon,  colored ;  Carey 's  Life  in  Paris,  colored ;  Ireland 's 
Life  of  Napoleon,  colored;  Grimm's  Popular  Stories,  full  of  Cruikshank 's 
drollest  and  most  whimsical  spirit;  Mornings  at  Bow  Street;  the  Comic 
Almanccks;  Bentley's  Miscellany;  Dickens'  Oliver  Twist,  including  the 
famous  "Fireside  Scene"  plate  and  the  unforgettable  "Fagin  in  the  Con- 
demned Cell;"  The  Bottle,  The  BrunTcard's  Children;  and  many  others  too 
numerous  to  list. 

The  collection  as  a  whole  is  a  most  notable  one  and  has  been  chosen 
with  the  finest  care  and  discrimination. 

42.  DANIEL  (SAMUEL).  The  First  Part  of  the  Historic  of 
England.     Title  within  engraved  borders  of  architectural  design. 

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Quarto.    Richly  bound  with  an  ornately  inlaid  design  of  dark  blue, 
crimson  and  buff  moroccos,  doublure  of  crimson  levant  morocco, 
rough  gilt  edges,  at  the  Club  Bindery,  and  signed  by  Leon  Mail- 
lard,  finisher. 
London:  Printed  by  Nicholas  Okes,  dwelling  neere  Holborne 

bridge.  1612.     $450.00 

Eemarkably  tall  copy  of  an  important  work  by  "the  well  languaged 
Daniel."  The  binding  is  a  superb  example  of  the  last  word  in  modem 
taste  and  skill  and  is  in  brilliant  condition.  In  case  and  jacket  with 
levant  back. 

43.  DAPHNIS  ET  CHLOE.  Traduction  d 'Amyot.  Illustrated 
tvith  12  charming  full  page  etchings  and  29  exquisite  head  and 
tail  pieces  hy  Champollion  from  the  designs  of  Raphael  Collin. 
8vo,  royal  blue  levant,  the  sides  covered  with  most  elaborate  "den- 
telle  a  I'oiseau"  borders,  back  panels  tooled  with  turtle  doves, 
inside  borders,  rough  gilt  edges,  by  Samblancx  Weckesser. 

Paris:  Launette  et  Cie.,  1890.     $90.00 

Limited  Edition  de  Luxe.  A  most  charming  specimen  of  the  highest 
type  of  the  French  illustrator's  work.  Every  one  of  the  41  etchings  is  a 
masterpiece  in  itself. 

WITH  THE  FAMOUS  PLATES  BY  THE  REGENT 
D 'ORLEANS 

44.  DAPHNIS  ET  CHLOE.  Longi  Pastoralium,  de  Daphnide 
et  Chloe,  Libri  quatuor.  Text  in  Latin  and  Greek  on  opposite 
pages.  Frontispiece  hy  Coypel,  engraved  by  Audran,  28  beautiful 
plates  from  the  designs  of  Philip  D 'Orleans  engraved  hy  Audran 
and  surrounded  hy  graceful  borders,  and  18  charming  head  and 
tail  pieces  by  Fokke  after  Eisen  and  Cochin.  Small  4to,  contem- 
porary red  morocco,  with  gold  borders  on  sides,  tooled  back,  gilt 
edges. 

Lutetiae  Parisiorum,  In  Gratiara  Curiosorum,  1754.    $300.00 

The  Eakest  and  Most  Celebrated  of  all  the  Illustrated  Editions 
OF  Daphnis  and  Chloe.     The  famous  "Petit  Pieds"  plate  is  engraved  by 
Vidal  and  is  lettered  "Conclusion  du  Eoman. " 
[see  illustration] 

45.  DAUDET  (ALPHONSE).  Sapho :  Moeurs  Parisiennes. 
Dix  illustrations  de  Rejchan,  gravees  a  Veau-forte  par  E.  Abot  et 
A.  Duvivier,  vignettes  dans  le  texte  par  G.  Montaigut.  Imperial 
8vo,  full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  back  in  compartments, 
ornamented  on  covers  with  panel  of  overlapping  and  entwined 
leaf  sprays,  inside  dentelle  border,  gilt  edges  on  the  rough,  orig- 
inal wrappers  bound  in,  by  Rousselle. 

Paris :  Collection  Charpentier,  1888.     $225.00 

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One  of  50  copies  on  Large  Japan  Paper,  with  the  vignettes  printed  in 
color  on  India  paper;  the  etchings  in  two  states,  one  of  which  is  colored  by 
hand.  A  proof  portrait  of  the  author  by  Toussaint  is  inserted,  and  through- 
out the  volume  are  21  original  water-color  drawings,  by  Paul  Jazet, 
in  his  best  style. 

46.  DAVID.  Le  Moderne,  ou  la  Traduction  en  Vers  des  Sept 
Pseaumes  de  Dom  Antoine  Roy  de  Portugal,  dediee  au  Roy  Louis 
XIV.  ^Manuscript  on  vellum,  beautifully  written  in  an  italic 
character.  The  title,  in  gold  and  colors,  has  an  arabesque  border 
in  colors  heightened  with  gold,  and  there  are  14  beautiful  draw- 
ings at  the  commencement  and  end  of  each  Psalm.  The  headings 
and  initial  letters  of  the  Psalms  are  in  gold.  French  red  morocco, 
gilt  edges,  with  the  arms  of  Louis  XIV  on  the  sides  and  fleur-de-lis 
on  the  back,  in  a  case.  1703.     $200.00 

GRAND   BINDING  BY   CHARLES   LEWIS 

47.  DA  VINCI  LEONARDO.  Trattato  Delia  Pittura.  Por- 
trait of  Leonardo  and  60  other  plates  by  Boggi.  2  vols,  in  one, 
4to,  brown  levant  morocco,  gilt-panelled  sides,  fleurons  in  the 
corners,  on  the  center  of  the  front  cover  the  initials  of  the  Rev. 
Theodore  Williams,  and  on  that  of  the  back  cover  his  arms,  gilt 
back,  gilt  tooled  inside  borders,  gauffred  gilt  edges,  by  C.  Lewis, 
with  his  Ticket.  Milano,  1804.     $275.00 

Printed  on  vellum  and  the  copy  mentioned  by  Brunet.  From  the  Beck- 
ford  collection.  One  of  the  most  beautiful  specimens  of  modern  printing 
upon  vellum  and  a  wonderful  example  of  Lewis's  binding.    . 

48.  DAYS  OF  THE  DANDIES.    A  Collection  of  Memoirs  of 

the  Celebrated  Wits  and  Beaux  of  the  Eighteenth  Century.  Finely 
illustrated  with  many  photogravure  and  etched  portraits  and  other 
plates,  the  frontispieces  being  in  three  states,  one  being  colored 
by  hand.  15  vols.,  8vo,  full  light  blue  levant  morocco,  the  sides 
and  backs  gold-tooled,  with  inlays  of  red  and  white  roses,  doublures 
of  white  levant  within  gold-tooled  blue  borders,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 

London :  Grolier  Society,  n.  d.     $325.00 

Initials  on  sides.  Edition  limited  to  26  lettered  copies,  printed  through- 
out on  Japanese  vellum.  Handsome  set.  The  subjects  of  the  memoirs  are 
as  follows:  Colley  Gibber,  by  Himself;  Charles  James  Fox,  by  B.  C. 
Walpole;  Mrs.  Jordan,  by  Jas.  Boaden;  Mary  Wortley  Montagu,  by  Her- 
self; Peg  Woffington,  by  J.  F.  Molloy;  Laurence  Sterne,  by  Percy  Fitz- 
gerald; Fanny  Burney,  by  Herself;  Horace  Walpole,  by  Himself;  Captain 
Gronow;  Beau  Nash,  by  Oliver  Goldsmith. 

TEA  AND  COFFEE  IN  1687 

49.  DE  BLEGNY.  Le  Bon  Usage  du  The  du  Caffe  et  du  Choco- 
lat  pour  la  preservation  &  pour  la  guerison  des  Maladies.     Par. 

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the   rarest   illustrated   edition   of  daphnis   and   chloe   in 

eighteenth-century  french  binding 

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Mr.  De  Blegny,  Conseiller,  Medecin  Artiste  ordinaire  du  Roy 
&  de  Monsieur.  Frontispiece  and  13  plates  hy  F.  Hainzelman. 
Small  8vo,  old  red  morocco,  fleurs-de-lys  on  the  back  and  sides,  the 
arms  of  Philippe  Dug  D  'Orleans  on  each  side,  gilt  edges. 

Paris:    Chez  I'Auteur,   1687.     $150.00 

A  very  rare  and  early  work  on  the  usage  of  tea,  coffee  and  chocolate, 
three  beverages  then  almost  unknown  to  Europeans.  The  plates  mostly 
represent  curious  pots,  cups  and  instruments  used  in  their  preparations. 
Philippe  Due  D  'Orleans  was  guillotined  in  1793  after  having  voted  in  favor 
of  the  execution  of  Louis  XVI  and  Marie  Antoinette. 
[see  illustration] 

ARMS  OF  MADAME  DE  POMPADOUR 

50.  [DE  SOUVENAL.]  Lettres  Critiques  et  Historiques, 
touchant  I'idee  que  les  Anciens  avoient  de  la  Poesie,  &  celle  qu'en 
ont  les  Modernes.  Ecrites  par  un  Provincial  [De  Souvenal]  a  une 
Dame  de  Paris.  12mo,  contemporary  mottled  calf,  with  the  arms 
of  Madame  de  Pompadour  stamped  in  gold  in  the  centre  of  both 
covers,  red  edges.  Paris :  Le  Breton,  1712.     $150.00 

Books  from  "the"  Pompadour's  Library  will  ever  retain  their  senti- 
mental interest  and  charm. 


EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED 

51.  DICKENS  (CHARLES).  The  Life  of  Charles  Dickens. 
By  John  Forster.  First  Edition.  3  vols,  extended  to  9  vols. 
London,  1872-74;  The  Letters  of  Charles  Dickens.  Edited  by  his 
Sister-in-Law  and  his  Eldest  Daughter.  First  Edition.  3  vols, 
extended  to  9  vols.  London,  1880-1882.  18  vols.,  8vo,  full  green 
crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  inside  and  outside  borders,  gilt  backs, 
on  the  front  and  back  covers  are  gilt  medallion  portraits  of  Dick- 
ens, one  a  youthful  profile  and  the  other  his  portrait  of  later 
years,  with  facsimile  signatures  in  gilt,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 

London :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1872-1882.     $1,850.00 

Extra-Illustbated  by  the  insertion  of  nearly  1,100  portraits,  views, 
autograph  letters,  original  sketches,  illustrations  from  his  works,  etc.,  etc., 
inlaid  or  trimmed  to  size,  and  comprising  a  pictorial  history  of  his  life, 
embracing  etchings,  engravings,  proofs  on  India  and  Japan  paper  many 
before  remarque  or  letters;  of  persons  intimately  associated  with  Dickens, 
both  in  this  country  and  in  Europe;  and  of  places  visited  by  Dickens,  or 
mentioned  by  him  in  his  writings. 

Of  the  portraits,  400  in  number,  there  are  a  great  many  of  Dickens  at 
various  periods  of  his  life,  including  a  fine  proof  etching  by  George 
Cruikshank;  a  proof  on  Japan  by  Laurence;  a  rare  proof  etching  on 
Japan,  from  a  daguerreotype  by  Mayall  in  1851;  an  early  proof  before 
remarque,  of  Dickens  as  a  young  man,  and  others. 

Among  other  portraits  may  be  mentioned:  John  Dickens,  etched  proofs 
in  two  states;  John  Forster,  on  Japan  paper;  Sir  Walter  Scott,  fine  India 

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proof;  Eachcl,  after  a  drawing  by  Cruikshank;  original  etching  of  W. 
Mulroady  by  Cope;  a  rare  portrait  of  James  Russell  Lowell,  by  Hall; 
Roln^spierre,  proof  before  letters  by  Mote ;  Balzac,  etched  proof  before  let- 
tors;  TiMuiyson,  proof  on  India  paper,  before  letters;  early  portrait  of 
•Tamos  Fonimore  Cooper  on  India  paper;  Japan  paper  proof  of  Robert 
Burns,  IxMoro  all  letters;  a  rare  proof  portrait  of  Poe  on  Japan  paper, 
boforo  enpravor's  name;  etching  4th  proof,  of  W.  Etty,  by  Haydon;  orig- 
inal proof  oval  portraits  of  Sir  T.  Lawrence,  Sir  B.  West  and  Sir  M.  A. 
Shoo,  unfinished  (on  one  sheet,  with  two  ovals  blank)  ;  fine  proof  on  India 
pajier  of  Thackeray,  Jerrold  and  ABeckett;  fine  proof  on  India  of  the 
Countess  of  Blessington ;  Cruikshank  's  splendid  portrait  of  G.  P.  R.  James, 
proof  on  India  paper,  and  many  others. 

The  views,  which  are  mainly  on  India  paper,  with  many  proofs  in  first 
state,  comprise  practically  all  the  places  visited  by  Dickens,  or  mentioned 
in  his  letters,  including  early  views  of  New  York  City,  1831 ;  Philadelphia, 
1S30;  Hartford,  Washington,  Yale  College,  Harvard  College,  Columbia  Col- 
lege, etc.,  many  of  which  are  now  exceedingly  difficult  to  procure.  There 
are  491  views  in  all,  some  of  which  are  double-page,  and  neatly  folded  to 
aize.  with  linen  guards. 

The  Autographs  are  represented  by  2  A.  L's  S.  of  Dickens,  one  page  each, 
and  one  Autograph  Check,  drawn  to  the  order  of  "Gas  and  Sundries"; 
fine  2  pp.  A.  L.  S.  of  John  Forster;  5  A.  L's.  S.  of  Thomas  Noon  Talfourd; 
autographed  envelope,  franked,  of  Lord  Stanley;  a  1  p.  A.  L.  S,  of  W.  C. 
Macready ;  2  autographed  envelopes,  franked,  of  William  Harrison  Ains- 
worth;  autograph  letters  and  signatures  of  Anna  Maria  HaU,  I.  Emerson 
Tennent,  Lord  Russell,  J.  Westland  Marston. 

52.  DICKINSON  (JOHN).  A  New  Essay  (By  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Farmer)  on  the  Constitutional  Power  of  Great  Britain  over 
the  Colonies  in  America;  with  the  Resolves  of  the  Committee  for 
the  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  and  their  Instructions  to  their  Rep- 
resentatives in  Assembly.  8vo,  full  olive  green  crushed  levant 
morocco,  uncut.     By  Stern  and  Dess. 

Philadelphia  printed.     London  Re-printed, 

1774.     $35.00 

Charles  Mellish's  copy,  with  his  armorial  bookplate,  with  marginal  notes 
throughout.  Mr.  Mellish  was  evidently  an  English  lawyer  who  wrote  these 
legal  observations  as  soon  as  the  book  was  published.  Extra-Illustrated  by 
the  insertion  of  18  portraits  and  views,  and  a  D.  S.  by  John  Dickinson  and 
John  McDowell  of  the  Pennsylvania  Council. 

53.  DIVAN  OF  HAFIZ.  Persian  Manuscript  of  the  18th  cen- 
tury written  in  double  columns  on  native  thin  glazed  paper.  218 
leaves  (7  7/16  x  4%  inches).  The  first  two  pages  within  hroad 
floral  borders  painted  in  blue,  red  and  gold,  each  page  embellished 
by  floral  fillets  and  compartments  in  gold  and  colors.  Svo,  con- 
temporary Persian  lacquered  binding,  the  covers  painted  outside 
and  inside  in  a  floral  design,  in  a  morocco  slip-case. 

Sffic.  XVIII.     $250.00 

The  Robert  Hoe  copy.  On  page  23  is  a  full-page  minature  representing 
a  centaur  attended  by  three  angls,  two  of  whom  carry  flaming  hearts 
painted  in  gold. 

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EISEN'S  MASTERPIECE 

54.  DORAT  (CLAUDE  JOSEPH).  Les  Baisers,  precedes  du 
mois  de  mai,  poeme.  Frontispiece,  fleuron  on  title,  1  plate,  22 
vignettes  and  22  tail-pieces,  engraved  by  Aliamet,  Baguoy,  Binet, 
Delaunay,  De  Longueil,  Massard,  Ne,  Ponce,  after  Eisen  and  Maril- 
lier.  8vo,  full  orange  morocco,  dentelle  a  I'oiseau  borders,  gilt  top, 
uncut,  by  David. 

A  La  Haye  et  se  trouve  a  Paris  cbez  Delalain,  1770.     $120.00 

Choice  copy  of  this  very  charming  book. 

55.  DOUCET  (JEROME).  Cure  d Amour.  Comedie  en  una 
acte,  en  vers.  Musique  de  scene  de  F.  Le  Rey.  8vo,  blue  levant 
with  floral  design  in  mosaic  of  red,  brown  and  green  on  sides, 
embroidered  silk  linings,  rough  edges  gilt,  by  Canape. 

Lyon,   1892.    $55.00 

One  of  20  copies  on  Japan  paper,  with  two  very  clever  original  sepia 
drawings  by  A.  Andreas,  on  half  title  and  last  page.  With  chamois  lined 
slip  case. 


56.  DOUCET  (JEROME).  Notre  Ami  Pierrot,  une  douzaine 
de  Pantomimes;  avec  les  Aquarelles  de  Louis  Morin.  Large  4to, 
full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  with  doublures  of  blue  levant 
morocco  inlaid  in  brown  border  and  with  mosaic  designs  of  a 
Pierrot,  Moon  and  Stars  in  yellow,  silver  and  brown  on  both 
covers  and  back,  by  Chevalet  of  Paris.  In  slip  case. 
Paris:  Societe  d 'Editions  Litteraires  et  Artistiques,  n.  d.     $150.00 

No.  14  of  only  20  copies  printed  on  Imperial  Japan  paper  with  duplicate 
sets  of  the  plates  on  China  and  Japan,  numbered  and  signed  by  the  author. 

A  CHARACTERISTIC  AND  WORTHY  SPECIMEN  OP  THE  LAST  WORD  OF  THE  ART 
OF  FRANCE  IN  THE  PRODUCTION  OF  A  LUXURIOUSLY  BEAUTIFUL  BOOK ILLUS- 
TRATION,  BINDING,   TEXT. 


57.  DOUCET  (JEROME).  Notre  Ami  Pierrot.  Douze  Pan- 
tomimes. Profusely  illustrated  hy  Louis  Morin.  Folio,  full  brown 
levant  morocco,  back  ornamented  with  grotesque  masks  of  Pierrot, 
in  compartments,  triple  fillet  border  on  covers,  doublure  of  azure 
levant  morocco,  inlaid  with  mask  of  Pierrot  and  crescent  moon, 
and  studded  with  silver  stars,  flys  of  decorative  paper,  linings  of 
brocaded  silk,  gilt  edges,  original  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Affolter. 
Paris :  Librairie  Paul  Ollendorff,  n.  d.     $150.00 

One  of  a  special  edition  of  20  copies  on  Japan  paper,  signed  by  the 
author.  The  plates  are  in  three  states;  one  with  text,  hand-colored,  one  on 
Japan  paper,  and  one  on  China  paper. 

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ASSOCIATION    COPY,   WITH   AUTOGRAPH   LETTERS 

58.  DOYLE  (RICHARD)  and  DALZIEL  (GILBERT).  The 
Story  of  Jack  and  the  Giants.  Illustrated  with  35  drawings  hy 
Ekhard  Doyle,  engraved  hy  G.  and  E.  Dalziel,  and  colored  hy  hand 
hy  Doyle  himself.  Small  4to,  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco, 
with  richly  gilt  border  of  acorn  and  oak-leaf  design,  and  paneled 
ornament  of  Persian  design,  lavishly  gilt,  both  dull  and  burnished, 
with  inlay  dots  of  red  in  imitation  of  rubies;  doublures  of  brown 
moire  silk,  with  border  of  green  levant  and  corner  ornaments  of 
oak  leaves,  moire  silk  flys  with  original  covers  bound  in  enclosed 
in  padded  straight-grain  morocco  case.  London,  1851.     $350.00 

Inserted,  is  a  portion  of  an  A.  L.  S.  from  Gilbert  Dalziel,  mentioning 
this  copy  of  the  book,  and  Doyle's  coloring  the  illustrations  himself;  also 
a  1  p.  A.  L.  S.,  from  Eichard  Doyle  in  reference  to  this  work,  and  from 
his  letter  it  would  appear  that  this  present  copy  was  printed  on  special 
paper  to  enable  him  to  color  the  prints.     He  says  in  part: 

' '  The  paper  on  tchich  the  Jack  cuts  are  printed,  will  not  take  color  .  .  . 
J  have  endeavored  to  color  those  I  have  but  find  it  too  absorbent." 

A  very  interesting  volume. 

59.  DRAYTON  (MICHAEL).  Nymphidia  &  the  Museseli- 
zium.  Decorations  hy  Charles  Ricketts.  8vo,  lavender  levant  mo- 
rocco, gilt  top,  uncut,  original  covers  bound  in. 

London :  Vale  Press,  1896.     $25.00 

Limited  edition  of  a  very  beautiful  volume  in  a  charming  binding. 

60.  DU  CAMP  (MAXIME).  Une  Histoire  d 'Amour.  Por^raif 
en-graved  hy  A.  Lamotte  and  8  illustrations  hy  Blanchard,  engraved 
hy  Buland.  12mo,  full  orange  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  floral 
scalloped  border,  gilt  inside  border,  flowered  silk  Lining,  gilt 
edges,  original  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Rouselle.    In  slip  case. 

Paris,  1888.     $45.00 
One  of  200  copies  on  Japan  paper,  with  the  plates  in  three  states. 

61.  DUMAS  (ALEXANDRE  FILS).  Peches  de  Jeunesse.  Svo, 
full  crushed  blue  levant  morocco,  ribbed  back,  sides  richly  decor- 
ated in  gilt  and  colors  with  birds,  beacon  and  inlaid  verse  of  four 
lines  on  front  cover,  flowers  and  insects  on  back  cover,  birds  and 
flowers  on  back,  lined  inside  borders,  silk  doublures  and  end  leaves, 
gilt  edges,  by  Ch.  Meunier.    In  a  case.  Paris,  1847.     $125.00 

FiKST  Edition  with  6  inserted  portraits  of  the  author.  Presentation 
Copy  with  Autograph  Inscription  by  the  Author. 

62.  DUMAS  (ALEXANDRE).  Les  Trois  Mousquetaires.  Avec 
une  Lettre  d 'Alexandre  Dumas  Fils.     With  hundreds  of  full-page 

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and  text  illustrations  hy  Maurice  Leloir,  exquisitely  engraved  in 
wood  hy  Jules  Huyot.  2  vols.,  4to,  olive  green  levant  each  fore- 
cover  inlaid  with  portraits  of  D'Artignan  and  Aramis,  rough 
edges,  gilt,  original  wrappers  bound  in  by  Eaparlier. 

Paris :  Calmann  Levy,  1894.     $250.00 

A  Superb  India  Paper  Copy  with  a  Duplicate  Set  of  Leloir 's  Won- 
DERPTJLLY  Clever  Illustrations.  In  a  Very  Charming  and  Appropriate 
Eeparlier  Binding.  The  most  Artistic  Edition  of  "The  Three  Musketeers" 
ever  published. 

63.  ELIGIES  DE  LA  BELLE  FILLE,  lamentant  sa  Virginite 
Perdue  avec  plusieurs  Epistres,  Epigrames,  Instructions  et  Traduc- 
tions morales.  Composes  par  Ferry  Julyot,  de  la  Cite  Imperiale 
de  Bezanson.  With  quaint  woodcuts.  8vo,  fawn  colored  levant, 
sides  covered  with  a  beautiful  dotted  design,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by 
The  Club  Bindery.     Bezanzon,  Antoine  Ludin,  1557. 

(Paris:  Willem,  1873.).     $125.00 

The  first  complete  edition  of  these  famous  poems  edited  from  the  only 
perfect  Copy  known,  in  the  Bezanzon  Library. 

One  of  3  Copies  printed  on  the  finest  Vellum. 

A  GREAT  PRINTER— A  GREAT  BINDER 

64.  ELZEVIER.  Marselaer,  Fredericus.  Legatus,  libri  duo. 
12mo,  old  French  blue  straight-grained  morocco,  gilt  borders  on 
the  sides,  the  Arms  of  Charles  Stuart  de  Rothesay  in  the  centre, 
gilt  tooled  back,  gilt  edges,  by  Simier. 

Amsterdam :  J.  Janson,  1644.     $30.00 

First  Edition.  A  beautiful  example  of  the  Elzevier  press  in  a  beautiful 
binding  by  a  famous  master. 

65.  ELZEVIER.  Vergelius,  Polydorus.  De  Rerum  Inven- 
toribus  Libri  VIII  et  de  Prodigiis  Libri  III.  Engraved  frontis- 
piece. 12mo,  fine  old  French  red  morocco,  gilt  panelled  sides,  gilt 
tooled  back,  gilt  edges. 

Amstelodami:  apud  Danielem  Elzevirium,  1671.     $40.00 

Renouard's  copy,  with  the  rare  preface  to  the  Duke  of  Urbino,  dated 
London,  1526,  usually  wanting.     A  Royal  Copy. 

66.  EMBLEMS.  ALCIATI  (ANDREA).  Emblemata  denuo 
ab  ipso  autore  recognita,  ac,  quae  desiderabantur,  imaginibus  locu- 
pletata.  Each  page  within  architectural  and  ornamental  woodcut 
borders,  and  211  enihlematic  cuts.  8vo,  contemporary  French  calf, 
panelled  sides,  gilt  Fleurs-de-lys  in  the  comers  and  a  Dolphin  in 
the  centre.  Lugduni,  apud  Gul.  Rovillium,  1550.     $125.00 

The  Dauphin  of  France's  copy  who  afterwards  became  Francis  II.  The 
Emblem  at  page  156  represents  the  Dolphin  and  is  inscribed  "Peinceps.'* 

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67.  EMBLEMS.  DOLCE  (LODOVICO).  Imprese  di  diversi 
pronoipi,  duchi,  signori  e  d'altri  personaggi  et  huomini  letterati 
et  illustri.  Title  and  52  fine  devices  within  ornamental  frames 
engraved  on  copper  after  the  designs  of  the  painter  G.  B.  Pittoni 
of  Viccnza,  the  verses  of  Dolce  printed  on  separate  pages  within 
ornamental  xvoodcut  borders.  Oblong  4to,  citron  levant  morocco, 
gilt  borders  on  the  sides,  gilt  edges,  by  The  Club  Bindery. 

Venetia,  1562.     $40.00 

First  edition  of  the  rarest  of  Lodovico  Dolce 's  works.  The  very  strik- 
ing borders  are  filled  with  fauns,  nymphs  and  other  grotesque  figures  of  the 
greatest  diversity. 

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71.  FENELON  (F.  S.  DE  LA  MOTHE).  The  Adventures  of 
Telemachus,  the  son  of  Ulysses,  translated  by  John  Hawkesworth. 

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74.  FLAUBERT  (GUSTAVE).  La  Legende  de  Saint  Julien 
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75.  FLAUBERT  (GUSTAVE).  Un  Cceur  Simple.  lUustre  de 
vingi-trais  compos^itions  par  IiJmile  Adam,  gravees  a  Veau-forte  par 
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77.  FRANCE  (ANATOLE).  Histoire  de  Donna  Maria  d' 
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red  within  old  gold  headbands.    A  Lovely  Volume. 

79.  GAUTIER  (THEOPHILE).  La  Chaine  D'or,  Preface  par 
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80.  GAUTIER  (THEOPHILE).  Le  Tombbeau  de  Theophile 
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white  silk.  Paris:  Alphonse  Lemerre,  1873.     $450.00 

First  Edition  of  the  greatest  literary  memorial  ever  dedicated  to 
ANY  poet.  This  wonderful  collection  of  odes,  sonnets  and  elegies  was  con- 
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and  Sense,  the  Holy  Writ  of  Beauty";  his  splendid  memorial  verses  on  the 
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81.  GAUTIER  (TITEOPITILE).  Tine  Nuit  de  Cleopatre.  Il 
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wrapper,  by  Meunier, 

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then  in  the  could  parts  off  the  Coast  off  America:  And  how  much 
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dam previous  to  his  returning  to  England  upon  the  restoration.  The 
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85.  GONCOURT   (EDMOND  ET  JULES  DE).     La  Lorette. 

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edges,  by  Ch.  Meunier,  1896,  with  original  wrappers  bound  in. 

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inscribed  by  H.  Beraldi. 

87.  GROLIER.  Jean  Grolier  de  Servier.  Some  account  of  his 
Life  and  his  Famous  Library.  By  William  Loring  Andrews.  With 
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UNIQUE  VELLUM  COPY  IN  RICH  BOZERIAN  BINDING 

88.  GROSE  (FRANCIS).  Principes  De  Caricatures,  suivis 
d'un  Essai  sur  la  Peinture  Comique.  Traduits  de  1'  Anglais  de 
Francis   Grose  en  francais,   avec  des  augmentations.     8vo,  blue 


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The  extremely  rare  original  edition,  containing  the  "Cantiques"  and 
' '  Paraphrase  sur  1  'Oraison  dominicale. ' '  The  Double-Desq-Halsey  copy, 
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90.  HEINSIUS  (DANIEL).  Poematum  editio  tertia ;  ita  aucta 
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A  BEAUTIFUL  PERSIAN  MS. 

92.  HAFIZ.  (Shems-ud-Din  Mohammed.)  Divan.  An  XVIII 
century  manuscript  beautifully  written  upon  218  leaves  of  two 
columns  each,  surrounded  by  ruled  and  gilt  borders,  illuminated 
with  floral  fillets  and  compartments  in  colors  on  a  gold  ground. 
8vo,  in  a  very  beautiful  native  lacquered  binding  covered  both  in- 
side and  outside  with  painted  designs  of  flowers  and  ornaments 
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One  of  the  most  ornate  and  luxurious  of  bindings  of  the  Orient.  The 
heavy  but  transparent  coating  of  lacquer  has  served  to  preserve  the  colors 
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as  when  first  executed.  A  perfectly  characteristic  specimen  of  a  fine 
Oriental  Manuscript. 

93.  HAKLUYT  (RICHARD).  Virginia  richly  valued,  By  the 
description  of  the  maine  land  of  Florida,  her  next  neighbour:  Out 
of  the  foure  yeeres  continuall  trauel  and  diseouerie,  for  aboue  one 
thousand  miles  East  and  West,  of  Don  Ferdinando  de  Soto,  and 
sixe  hundred  able  men  in  his  companie.  Wherein  are  truly  ob- 
serued  the  riches  and  fertilitie  of  those  parts,  abounding  with 
things  necessarie,  pleasant,  and  profitable  for  the  life  of  man :  with 
natures  and  dispositions  of  the  Inliabitants.  Written  by  a  Portugall 
gentleman  of  Eluas,  [Ferdinand  de  Soto]  emploied  in  all  the  ac- 
tion, translated  out  of  Portugese  by  Richard  Haklvyt.  Small  4to, 
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1609.     $600.00 

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Hakluyt's  works.  The  Portuguese  original,  of  wliich  there  is  certain  knowl- 
edge of  only  one  perfect  copy,  was  printed  in  1557  at  Evora. 

94.  HALEVY  (LUDOVIC).  Mariette.  40  compositions  de 
Henry  Somm.  8vo,  full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt-tooled 
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ders, orange  silk  linings  and  end  leaves,  gilt  edges,  by  P.  R.  Rapar- 
lier.  Paris :  L.  Conquet,  1893.     $75.00 

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Inserted  is  a  portrait  of  L.  Halevy,  etched  by  H.  Toussaint,  signed  in 
pencil. 

95.  HAY  (JOHN).  In  Praise  of  Omar.  An  Address.  Small 
square  12mo,  brown  polished  levant  morocco,  gilt  line  border,  gilt 
inside  border,  gilt  edges,  by  Toof. 

Portland,  Me. :  Thos.  B.  Mosher,  1898.     $15.00 

One  of  50  copies  on  Japan  paper. 

UNIQUE  EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED  COPY  IN  RICH  BINDING 

96.  HEPTAMERON,  or  Tales  and  Novels  of  Marguerite  Queen 
Df  Navarre,  now  first  completely  done  into  English  Prose  and  Verse 
from  the  Original  French  by  Arthur  Machen.  One  volume  bound 
in  two  vols.  8vo,  crimson  crushed  levant,  sides  and  backs  richly  gold 

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tooled ;  doublures  of  blue  levant  studded  with  golden  Fleurs-de-lys, 
pearl  brocade  flyleaves,  gilt  tops,  uncut,  by  Ritter. 

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Unique  and  Very  Handsome  Copy  of  the  Best  English  Translation  of 
these  Famous  Tales  of  Gallantry.  The  original  volume  has  been  extended 
to  tu-o  volumes  by  the  insertion  of  258  Extra-Illustrations  including  the 
Famoxis  Frcudeberg  Designs;  the  beautiful  Champollion  Vignettes;  the  set 
of  masterly  Etchings  by  Leopold  Flameng,  and  rminy  beautiful  head  and 
tailpieces.  The  title-page  to  the  second  volume  is  a  charming  water-color 
drawing  by  P.  Tallerie,  with  figures  of  ctipids  and  flowers. 

97.  HERBERT  OF  CHERBURY  (EDWARD,  LORD).     The 
Life  of  Edvrard,  Lord  Herbert  of  Cherbury,  Written  by  himself. 
With  folding  portrait  {full-length) ,  hy  A.  Walker,  after  J.  Oliver, 
view  on  title-page,  and  genealogical  table   {double-page) ,  of  the  j 
family  of  Herbert.     4to,  contemporary  red  straight-grained  mo-  I 
rocco,  gilt  back,  gilt  edges. 

Strawberry-Hill :  Printed  in  the  Year,  1764.     $50.00 

A  scarce  volume,  of  which  but  200  were  printed.  It  was  edited  by  Horace 
Walpole,  who  contributed  the  Dedication  and  an  Introduction. 

From  the  collection  of  Wm.  Simonds  Higgs  (dispersed  in  1830),  with 
his  "Caxton  bookplate,  and  with  Ms.  note  signed  "W.  T. "  probably  Sir 
William  Tite. 

98.  HEURES  DE  LA  TRES  SAINTE  VIERGE.  With  20  il- 
lustrations by  Guillaume  Dubufe.  8vo,  embroidered  binding  of 
pink  and  green  silks,  silk  linings,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by  the  Club 
Bindery. 

Asnieres-sur-Seine :  Boussod,  Valadon  &  Co.,  1895.     $25.00 

An  exquisitely  printed  and  decorated  French  Prayer  Book  in  a  unique 
Binding. 

99.  HOE  BINDINGS.  Historic  and  Artistic  Bookbindings  dat- 
ing from  the  15th  Century  to  the  present  time.  With  176  pl<ites 
after  the  Originals  in  the  Library  of  Robert  Hoe,  some  in  colors 
and  gold.  With  description  of  Binding  before  each  plate.  2  vols., 
folio,  half  red  levant,  gilt  tops,  uncut.        New  York,  1895.     $50.00 

The  most  interesting  and   important   Collection   of   Book   Bindings  ever 
issued.     Extremely  scarce,  the  Edition  having  been  limited  to  200  Copies,  j 
all  of  them  printed  on  Imperial  Japan  Paper.  { 

UNIQUE  FRENCH  ILLUMINATED  MANUSCRIPT 

100.  HORAE  BEATAE  MARIAE  VIRGINIS.  Miniature 
manuscript  written  in  semi-Gothic  letter  on  192  leaves  of  vellum, 
with  six  Full-Page  i\Iiniatures,  twenty-seven  pages  with  borders 
and  Several  Hundred  Small  Initials  in  Gold  and  Colors.  18mo. 
Fine  old  green  morocco  gilt,  gilt  edges.  Saec.  XV.     $500.00 

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A  Charming  Miniature  Manuscript  of  French  execution  illuminated  and 
painted  for  a  member  of  the  family  of  Johan  Sorin,  there  being  a  special 
prayer  for  his  dead  brothers  and  sisters.  The  full-page  miniatures  repre- 
sent the  Crucifixion,  Descent  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  the  Virgin  worshipped  by 
two  Angels,  a  Landscape  with  Castle  in  the  background,  the  Annunciation, 
David  praying,  the  Eaising  of  Lazarus,  all  showing  the  costumes,  male 
and  female,  of  the  period.  The  miniatures  are  painted  on  separate  leaves, 
the  reverse  sides  being  blank.  Illuminated  Vellum.  Manuscripts  of  this 
charmingly  small  sized  Form  are  now  exceedingly  rare  and  sought  for.  The 
Volume  is  only  4  inches  high. 

ILLUMINATED  FRENCH  HOURS  OF  THE  XV  CENTURY 

101.  HORAE  BEATAE  MARIAE  VIRGINIS,  cum  Calen- 
dario.  An  exceedingly  beautiful  Illuminated  Manuscript  of  the 
Fifteenth  Century  written  in  Latin  by  a  French  Scribe  on  107 
leaves  of  fine  white  vellum  in  Gothic  Letter,  and  decorated  with  26 
Miniatures  of  which  eleven  are  full  page.  All  superbly  Painted  in 
Gold  and  Colors  By  An  Unusually  Gifted  French  Illuminator. 
The  Calendar  also  is  of  unusual  beauty,  the  Names  of  the  Saints 
being  written  alternately  in  Carmine,  Blue  and  Gold.  8vo,  maroon 
levant,  with  chaste  blind-tooling  on  sides  and  back,  gilt  edges,  by 
Zaehnsdorf.  Saec.  XV.    $600.00 

A  most  attractive  Specimen  of  the  best  Fifteenth  Century  Illuminated 
Art  prevailing  in  the  North  of  France.  The  Miniatures  are  remarkable 
for  their  Brilliancy  of  Color  and  Artistic  Merit. 

102.  HORAE  BEATAE  MARIAE  VIRGINIS.  Ecclesiae  Par- 
isiensis,  cum  Calendario.  Manuscript  on  vellum  written  in  Gothic 
characters,  red  and  black,  with  the  Calendar  in  gold,  blue  and  red. 
232  leaves  (8i/4  x  5I/2  inches).  Ornamented  with  14  fine  large  min- 
iatures heightened  with  gold,  surrounded  by  beautiful  borders  com- 
posed of  leaves,  flowers,  fruits,  etc. ;  also  painted  in  gold  and  colors, 
hundreds  of  large  and  small  illuminated  initials,  and  each  page 
accompanied  by  a  lateral  decoration  similar  to  that  surrounding 
the  miniatures.  4to,  old  red  straight-grain  morocco,  silver  clasps, 
gilt  edges.  Saec.  XV.     $1600.00 

A  Very  Fine  Manuscript  with  the  Miniatures  in  very  good  condition  and 
very  wide  margins.  The  manuscript  was  executed  in  the  North  of  France 
in  the  second  half  of  the  XVth  Century  and  evidently  for  the  use  of  the 
Diocese  of  Paris,  as  shown  by  the  Anthem  at  Matins,  and  Capitulum  at 
Lands.  The  miniatures  represent:  The  Annunciation;  Meeting  of  the  Vir- 
gin with  St.  Elizabeth;  The  Nativity;  Annunciation  of  the  birth  of  Jesus 
to  the  Shepherds;  Presentation  to  the  Temple;  Flight  into  Egypt;  God 
blessing  the  Virgin;  Descent  of  the  Holy  Ghost;  A  Burial;  Virgin  with 
the  Child  among  four  Angels  in  Adoration;  God  seated  on  a  Throne;  The 
Eesurrection ;  St.  Christopher;  St.  Genovefa. 

IN  ORNATE  CONTEMPORARY  BINDING 

103.  HOR^.  Die  ghetijden  van  onser  liener  vrouwe,  ende 
vanden  heylighe  cruce,  en  vande  heylighe  gheest  met  die  seuen 

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psalmen.  .  .  .  [Colophon].  Dese  ghetijden  sijn  ghedruckt  te 
Parijis:  by  die  weuwe  vfi  Thielinan  keruer,  in  sint  iacobs  strate, 
indon  oonhon'',  en  daer  worden  sij  vVost.  Int  iaer  ons  heeren,  M. 
cccoo.  cnde.  xxxiij.  Gothic  characters  black  and  red.  136  leaves. 
Kerver's  Device  on  title;  cut  of  anatomical  man,  32  large  wood- 
cuts, iticluding  the  murder  of  Uriah,  the  Prophet  Nathan  reproach- 
ing David,  Solomon  receiving  from  David  the  order  to  huild  the 
Ttwplc,  Adam  and  Eve  expelled  from  the  Eden,  ''Les  trois  vifs  et 
If  trois  marts,"  etc.;  each  page  surrounded  hy  ornamental  and  his- 
toriated  woodcut  borders,  including  a  Dance  of  Death  in  66  sub- 
jects. 8vo,  contemporary  binding  in  red  morocco,  the  sides  tooled 
and  gilt  with  scrolls  and  arabesques,  gauffred  gilt  edges. 

Paris :  Widow  of  Thielman  Kerver,  1533.     $250.00 

Almanac  for  13  years,  1532-1544.  A  RARE  edition  of  these  Flemish 
Hours,  unknown  to  Brunet.  Fine  copy  with  all  the  woodcuts  and  borders 
free  from  coloring.  On  the  flyleaves  are  prayers  in  Flemish,  written  about 
the  end  of  the  16th  century. 

WITH  GEOFREY  TORY'S  ILLUSTRATIONS 

104.  HORAE.  Horae  Beatissimge  virginis  Marige  ad  vsum 
Roinanum.  Cum  Privilegio.  Roman  characters  in  red  and  black. 
112  numbered  leaves.  Ruled  throughout  with  red  ink.  Title  within 
a  woodcut  border  and  18  fine  full-page  woodcuts  in  outline.  Small 
8vo.  Contemporary  French  calf,  the  sides  covered  with  a  design  of 
ornamental  interlacings  painted  dark  brown  and  light  green  on  a 
pointille  ground,  gilt  back  and  edges.  Paris,  1540.     $150.00 

Almanac  for  22  years,  1540-1561.  These  "Hours,"  published  by  Mail- 
lard,  who  was  the  successor  to  Tory,  contain  the  same  woodcuts  that  ap- 
peared in  "Heures  Antiques"  of  1527,  with  the  exception  of  the  borders, 
which  were  here  suppressed.  This  edition  was  not  noticed  by  Bernard, 
Brunet  and  other  Bibliographers,  and  this  is  the  only  Copy  known. 

105.  HORNE  (RICHARD  H.)  The  Death  of  Marlowe.  A 
Tragedy.  Square  16mo,  full  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt 
ornamental  borders  on  covers,  doublures  of  maroon  silk,  gilt  top, 
by  Toof .  Portland :  Mosher,  1898.     $22.50 

One  of  20  copies  offered  for  sale,  on  Japan  vellum,  each  copy  numbered, 
the  present  being  No.  4. 

106.  HOUSSAYE  (HENRY).  Aspasie,  Cleopatre,  Theodora. 
Illustrative  tinted  and  gilt  vignettes  by  A.  Giraldon.  Royal  8vo, 
full  dark  olive  crushed  levant  morocco,  broad  panel  border  of  gilt 
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watered  silk,  gilt  top,  uncut,  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Bretault.  With 
extra  half  morocco  cover  and  case,  lined  with  chamois  leather. 

Paris,  1899.    $200.00 
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One  of  32  copies  with  an  extra  set  of  the  plates,  untinted,  on  China 
paper.     Printed   for  "Les  Amis  des  Livres. " 

Like  all  the  issues  of  the  Society  this  volume  is  a  splended  achievement 
in  luxurious  book-production. 

107.  HUGHES  (THOMAS).  Scouring  of  the  White  Horse. 
Illustrated  by  Richard  Doyle.  First  Edition.  Small  4to,  newly- 
bound  in  full  green  levant  morocco,  richly  gilt  tooled,  in  an  inter- 
laced panel  design,  gilt  edges,  in  cloth  case, 

Cambridge,  1859.     $30.00 

With  the  original  cloth  covers  bound  in,  and  the  16  pp.  of  advertise- 
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108.  HTJYSMANS  (J.-K.).  Le  Quartier  Notre-Dame.  Illus- 
trations  et  gravures  de  Ch.  Jouas.  Royal  8vo,  full  maroon  levant 
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in,  by  Chambolle-Duru.     In  chamois  lined  slip  case. 

Paris:  Librairie  de  la  Collection  des  Dix  [1905].     $200.00 

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states,  ALL  PROOFS  BEFORE  LETTERS.  There  are  two  impressions  of  the  front 
cover,  and  the  woodcut  portrait  of  the  author  is  in  two  states,  on  India  and 
Japan  papers. 

A  fine  example  of  modem  book-making  and  binding. 

A  FINE  EXAMPLE  OF  MODERN  BOOK-MAKING  AND 

BINDING 

109.  ICONOPHILES  SOCIETY.  Washington's  Reception  by 
the  Ladies  of  Trenton.  Together  with  the  Chorus  sung  as  he 
passed  under  the  Triumphal  Arch  raised  on  the  bridge  over  the 
Assunpink,  April  21st,  1789.  With  4  illustrations.  4to,  full  dark 
blue  crushed  levant,  with  a  wide  gold-tooled  border  on  the  covers, 
doublure  of  dark  blue  crushed  levant  with  a  gold-tooled  border, 
blue  silk  fly-leaves,  rough  edges  gilt,  by  the  Club  Bindery. 

New  York :  Published  for  the  Society  of  Iconophiles,  1903.     $100.00 

Only  104  copies  printed.  The  binding  is  a  Notable  specimen  of  The 
Club  Bindery 's  very  finest  work. 

UNIQUE  AND  BEAUTIFUL  MODERN  MANUSCRIPT 

110.  IMAGE  (SELWYN).  Hortulus  Animae  Imaginum.  11 
Carols  and  Poems  beautifully  written  in  large  Capital  Letters  on  22 

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leaves  of  ver;/  fine  ichitc  vellum;  ivith  fine  decorative  title-page  of 
Flowers  and  Birds  in  gold  and  colors.  4to,  full  red  morocco  richly- 
gilt  with  an  Oak-loaf  and  Acorn  design,  rough  gilt  edges,  by  De 
rovKRLY.  London,  1883.     $150.00 

A  Beautiful  Specimen  of  Modern  Caligraphy  in  gold  and  colors  executed 
by  Herbert  P.  Home  and  signed  by  him  at  the  end.  The  Carols  and  Poems 
are  charmingly  Original. 

111.  INDIA.  History  of  India.  From  the  Earliest  to  the  Pres- 
ent Times.  By  Dutt,  Smith,  Poole,  Eliot,  Hunter,  Lyall  and  Jack- 
son. Edited  by  A.  V.  Williams  Jackson.  Numerous  illustrations, 
full-page  plates  in  three  states,  one  of  which  is  colored.  9  vols., 
royal  8vo,  full  red  levant  morocco,  gilt  backs  and  borders,  doublures 
of  white  levant  morocco,  with  central  design  of  three  elephants  in 
morocco  inlays,  flys  of  moire  silk,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 

London:  The  Grolier  Society,  n.  d.     $225.00 

Edition  Definitive,  one  of  50  copies  printed  entirely  on  Japan  paper. 

FORE  EDGE  PAINTING 

112.  IRVING  (WASHINGTON).  A  History  of  New  York 
from  the  Beginning  of  the  World  to  the  End  of  the  Dutch  Dynasty. 
By  Diedrich  Knickerbocker.  Woodcut  vignette  by  George  Cruik- 
shank  on  title-page.  8vo,  new  full  crimson  straight  grained  mo- 
rocco, grape-vine  borders  on  sides,  full  tooled  back,  green  watered 
silk  linings  and  fly  leaves,  gilt  edges. 

London:  Thomas  Tegg.     $100.00 

First  English  Edition.  Under  the  gilding  of  the  fore  edge  is  painted 
the  View  of  New  Amsterdam  after  the  View  in  the  original  Edition  of 
1809. 

113.  IRVING  (WASHINGTON).  Voyages  and  Discoveries  of 
the  Companions  of  Columbus.  8vo,  new  full  brown  morocco,  gilt, 
gilt  top,  uncut.  Philadelphia :  Carey  and  Lea,  1831.     $25.00 

The  Scarce  First  Edition.  Contains  Lives  of  Alonzo  de  Ojeda,  Pedro 
Alonzo  Nimo,  Vincente  Pinzon,  Diego  de  Lepe,  Diego  de  Nicuesa,  Vasco 
Nunez  de  Balboa,  Valdivia,  Ponce  de  Leon  and  others.  A  beautiful  and 
desirable  copy. 

DEDICATION  COPY 

114.  ITALIAN  BINDING.  [Orsini  (G.).]  Rime  Nelle  Nozze 
disva  eccellenza,  il  Signor  Don.  Michel'  Angelo  Conti  Duca  di  Gua- 
dagnolo,  con  s.  e.  la  Signora  Donna  Girolama  Publicola  Santa  Croce. 
Small  folio,  title  printed  in  red  and  black,  with  the  arms  of  the 
Conto  family,  numerous  charming  head  and  tail-pieces,  after  H, 

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Bosi  and  others,  and  a  large  number  of  heautlfully  designed  ini- 
tials CONTEMPORARY  ITALIAN  RED  MOROCCO,  the  sides  tooled  in  gold 
with  rich  ornamental  outside  border  divided  from  an  inner  den- 
telle  border  by  two  gold  lines,  at  each  inside  angle  a  bold  scroll  de- 
sign, AND  IN  THE  CENTRE  THE  ARMS  OF  CoNTl  IMPALING  SaNTA  CrOCE, 

surmounted  hy  two  cherubs  supporting  a  crown  and  surrounded  by 
scroll  work  similar  to  that  in  the  angles.  Elaborately  gilt  back, 
g.e.,  corners  a  little  worn  on  front  cover,  but  a  fine  and  v^ll-pre- 
served  example  of  Italian,  xvihth  Century  armorial  binding. 
In  Roma:  Presso  gli  Eredi  Barbiellini  a  Pasquino,  1759.     $110.00 

The  Dedication  Copy,  specially  bound  for  presentation  to  la 
SiGNORA  Donna  Faustina  Mattei  Santa  Croce,  Duchessa  di  Santo 
Gemine,  Principessa  de  Graffignano,  to  whom  the  work  is  inscribed,  and 
whose  family  arms  are  on  the  covers. 

WITH  MS.  POEM  BY  AUTHOR 

115.  JANIN  (JULES).  L 'Amour  des  Livres.  Etched  portrait 
of  the  author  inserted  by  G.  Staal.  16mo,  full  crushed  crimson  le- 
vant morocco,  back  and  sides  gilt-tooled  with  border  of  six  parallel 
lines  knotted  at  corners,  inside  borders  gilt  with  garlands  of  flowers, 
doublures  and  end-leaves  of  brocaded  silk  tapestry,  gilt  edges,  by 
Ch.  Meunier,  original  printed  wrappers  bound  in.  In  leather  lined 
slip  case.  Paris,  1866.     $150.00 

First  Edition.     Only  200  copies  printed  on  papier  verge.     This  copy 

has  an  autograph  poem  by  the  author  on  half-title,  signed. 
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GALLIOT  DU  PRE'S  RARE  JOSEPHUS,  1534 

116.  JOSEPH  JUIF  ET  HEBRIEU  Historiographe  Grec  de 
I'Antiquite  Judaique  translate  de  Latin  en  vulgaire  Francois. 
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117.  JULYOT  (FERRY) .  Les  Elegies  de  la  Belle  Fille  Lamen- 
tant  sa  Viiginite  perdue.  Avec  notice,  eclaircissements  et  Index, 
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MANUSCRIPT 

118.  KEATS  (JOHN).  Endymion.  First  Edition.  8vo,  ex- 
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manuscript  corrections,  and  a  transposition  of  verses  5  and  6. 

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[see  illustration] 

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the  first  edition,  was  corrected  for  the  press  by  H.  Halliday  Spar- 
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130.  LA  FAYETTE  (MADAME  DE).  La  Princessb  de 
Cleves.  Preface  by  Anatole  France.  Engraved  portrait  and  etch- 
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131.  [LA  MORLIERE  (CHEVALIER  DE).]  Angola,  His- 
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usit^es  alors  dans  le  langage  des  Boudoirs  et  Alcoves." 

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[see  illustration] 

132.  LANDOR  (WALTER  SAVAGE).  Selections.  Arranged 
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133.  LATHROP  (GEO.  PARSONS).  The  Casket  of  Opals. 
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ing and  binding. 

[see  illustration] 

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silk,  uncut  edges,  original  covers  bound  in,  by  Canape,  in  slip  case. 

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137.  LIVY  (TITUS).  Historiarum  quod  extat  ex  recensions 
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138.  LONGUS.  Daphnis  et  Chloe.  Traduction  D 'Amyot.  Pre- 
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139.  LOUIS  XIII  BINDING,  POETAE  LATINI  VETERES. 

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140.  LOWELL  (JAMES  RUSSELL).  Class  Poem.  8vo,  full 
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a.  P.  Putnam,  Broadway.  $20.00 

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142.  LUCRETIUS.  T.  Lucretii  Cari  Libbri  sex.  Italic  types. 
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tered in  gold  on  side,  gilt  edges. 

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The  second  Aldine  Edition  and  according  to  Eenouard  far  superior  to 
the  Edition  of  1500  poorly  edited  by  Jer.  Avancio.  Contains  long  prefatory 
Epistle  from  Aldus  to  Alberto  Pio,  Prince  of  Carpi.  Beautiful  tall  copy,  in 
a  very  appropriate  and  attractive  binding,  of  this  rare  Edition.  From  the 
Huth  library. 

FIRST  BOOK  ON  POSTAL  SERVICE 

143.  MAIL  CARRIERS.  Usage  des  postes  cbez  les  anciens 
et  les  modernes:  contenant  tons  les  edits,  declarations,  lettres 
patentes,  arrets,  ordonnances,  et  Regulations  que  nos  Rois  ont  faits 
jusqu  a  ce  Jour,  pour  perfectioner  la  Police  des  postes.  Small  8vo, 
contemporary  red  morocco  with  the  Arms  of  CardinM  Fleury  in 
gold  on  the  sides,  gilt  edges.  Paris,  1730.    $75.00 

The  first  book  written  on  the  subject  of  the  early  courier-mail  service 
and  very  rare.    In  brilliant  condition  and  of  unusual  association  interest. 

[SEK    illustration] 

144.  MALORY  (SIR  THOMAS).  Le  Morte  D 'Arthur:  The 
Book  of  King  Arthur  and  of  His  Noble  Knights  of  the  Round  Table. 
Numerous  beautiful  illustrations  in  color  by  W.  Russell  Flint;  the 
plates  in  duplicate  and  mounted.  4  vols,  royal  8vo,  splendidly 
bound  in  full  brown  levant  morocco,  entirely  decorated  in  blind 
tooling,  after  the  style  of  some  of  the  early  English  bindings ;  the 
outside  borders  consist  of  a  foliated  treatment,  bunches  of  grapes 
alternating  with  grape  leaves;  the  inner  panel  is  tooled  with  con- 
ventional roses  and  stalks,  forming  a  diaper  pattern  of  very  rich 
effect;  the  back  panels  similarly  tooled.  The  doublures  of  green 
levant  are  tooled  with  a  Grolieresque  design  of  lines  and  solid  gold 
tools,  with  very  pleasing  results,  and  in  good  contrast  to  the  out- 

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A    SPF.CIMEN    OF    AMERICAN    PRINTING    AND    RINDING 

[number  133J 


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GEORGE    D.    SMITH    EIGHT   EAST   FORTY-FIFTH    STREET   NEW   YORK 

side  blind  tooling,  although  in  a  rich  and  sober  style ;  ends  of  green 
levant,  with  borders  of  plain  gold  lines,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere.  In 
chamois-lined  drop  case. 

London:  Medici  Society,  1910-11.     $900.00 

One  of  12  copies  printed  on  vellum. 

These  volumes  are  bound  in  a  distinctly  interesting  style,  one  in  which 
the  house  of  Riviere  has  specialized,  and  which  is  done  by  practically  no 
other  binder  to-day.  The  workmanship  is  of  the  finest,  and  this  example 
may  safely  go  down  to  posterity  as  representative  of  Riviere's  best  work. 
Although  blind  tooling  is  not  generally  looked  upon  as  being  so  attractive 
as  gold  tooling,  it  really  ^s  more  difficult  to  execute  properly.  There  is 
in  blind  tooling  a  richness  and  beauty  without  the  garishness  sometimes 
given  to  gold-deeorated  volumes. 

145.  ]\IANUSCRIPT,  PERSIAN,  luritten  in  elegant  charac- 
ters on  native  glazed  paper,  each  page  within  ruled  borders  of 
gold  and,  blue,  executed  at  the  beginning  of  the  18th  century. 
168  leaves  (6%  x  414  inches),  the  last  blank.  Three  pages  sur- 
rounded by  fine  floral  borders,  and  ivith  ornaments  delicately 
painted  in  various  colors  and  gold,  and  having  the  writing  an  a 
gold  ground;  also  5  pretty  floral  headings  in  gold  and  colors. 
8vo,  contemporary  Persian  lacquered  binding  painted  to  a  beautiful 
design  of  roses  and  other  flowers,  with  birds  resposing  on  them, 
doublures  in  red  lacquered  paper,  red  morocco  back. 

Saec.  XVIII.    $150.00 

A  beautiful  Persian  manuscript  and  binding,  both  in  the  finest  condi- 
tion. 

[see  illustration] 

146.  MARBOT  (GENERAL  BARON  DB).  Austerlitz!  21 
illustrations  etched  and  printed  in  colors  by  Leon  Boisson  after  the 
originals  by  Alex.  Lunois.  Imperial  8vo,  full  green  crushed  levant 
morocco,  gilt  line  border,  with  the  Napoleon  crest  in  the  corners, 
doublures  of  light  brown  levant  morocco,  the  gilt  bee  in  centers 
of  side  borders,  crest  in  the  corners,  and  crowned  eagle  in  ccmtor 
medallion,  red  brocade  silk  end  leaves,  gilt  edges,  with  origiiuil 
wrappers  bound  in,  with  lined  slip  case,  by  AflFolter. 

^^  Paris,  1905.    $250.00 

One  of  200  copies  de  Grande  Luxe,  on  Papier  Velin  a  la  Forme. 

147.  MARCUS  AURELIUS.  The  Thoughts  of  the  Emperor 
Marcus  Aurelius  Antoninus.  Translated  by  George  Long.  Beau- 
tifully illustrated  with  a  large  number  of  full  page  colored  plates, 
by  W  Kussell  Flint,  lightly  mounted  on  heavy  plate  paper.  4to. 
full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  the  sides  ornamoiited  with  a 
broad  border  of  heavily  gold  tooled  Cormthiaii  design,  gilt  pan- 
elled back,  inside  gold  borders,  donblnres  and  (lies  of  green  moiro 

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GEORGE    D.    SMITH    EIGHT   EAST    FORTY-FIFTH    STREET    NEW   YORK 

silk,  sot  in  gold  tooled  crimson  levant  borders,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by 

Kiviore.     In  I'liainois  lined  slip-case. 

London:    Tliilip  Lee  AVarner,  Publislier  to  the  Medici  Society, 

1909.     $90.00 

One  of  a   liiiiitod  issue  printed  on  handmade  Eiccardi  paper,  and  each 
mini  bo  rod. 

148.  MARCrS  ALRELIUS  ANTONINUS:  the  Roman  Em- 
perour,  his  Meditations  eoneerninfj"  himself;  treating  of  a  natural 
Man's  happinesse;  wherein  it  consisteth,  and  of  the  means  to  at- 
taine  unto  it.  Translated  out  of  the  original  Greeke  by  Meric 
Casaubon  and  now  edited  by  W.  H.  D.  Rouse.  Illustrated  with  6 
fine  plates  from  the  Antique,  Initial  Letters  and  tailpieces  printed 
iu  red.  8vo,  olive  green  levant,  with  portrait  in  gold  on  sides  in  a 
tloral  border,  crimson  silk  linings  and  flyleaves,  gilt  top,  uncut, 
by  Riviere.  London,  1900.     $22.50 

The  best  English  edition  of  the  Meditations  in  a  very  handsome  binding. 

149.  :MARTIAL  (:\I.)  Valerii  Martialis  Epigrammata.  Fron- 
tispiece on  copper.  Svo,  full  russia,  gold  tooling  on  back  and  sides, 
inside  borders,  leather  joints,  gilt  edges,  by  Roger  Payne. 

Londini:  Tonson,  1716.     $125.00 

Fine  and  characteristic  example. 

150.  MARY,  QUEEN  OF  SCOTS.  Martyre  de  la  Royne  d' 
Escosso,  douairiere  de  France.  Contenant  le  vray  discours  des 
trahisons  a  elle  faictes  a  la  suscitation  d'Elisabet  Angloise,  par 
le  quel  les  mensonges,  calomnies,  &  faulses  accusations  dressees  con- 
tre  ceste  tres-vertueuse,  tres-Catholique  &  tres-illustre  Princesse, 
sont  esclarcies  &  son  innocence  averee.  12mo,  brown  levant,  gilt 
ornaments  in  the  centre  of  both  covers,  doublure  of  red  morocco, 
gilt  borders,  gilt  edges,  by  Thibaron-Joly. 

Edinbourg:  Chez  Jean  Nafeild,   1588.     $60.00 

First  Edition  of  this  extremely  rare  Defense  of  Marie  Stuart,  written 
by  Adam  Blackwood.  Two  rare  old  portraits  of  the  Queens  are  inserted. 
The  author  in  no  way  spares  Queen  Elizabeth,  speaking  of  her  as  the 
' '  English  Jezebel. ' ' 

151.  MATTHEWS  (WILLIAM).  Modern  Bookbinding  prac- 
tically considered.  A  Lecture  read  before  the  Grolier  Club  of  New 
York,  with  Additions  and  new  Illustrations.  With  8  fine  plates  in 
tints  of  Italian,  French,  English  and  American  Bindings.  4to, 
original  cloth,  uncut.  New  York,  1889.     $20.00 

Edition  of  300  Copies  printed  for  the  Grolier  Club. 

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[number  143] 


GEORGE    D.    SMITH    EIGHT   EAST   FORTY-FIFTH    STREET   NEW   YORK 

152.  MAUCLAIR  (CAMILLE).  Trois  Femmes  de  Flandre. 
Illustrations  hy  H.  Cassiers,  colored  hy  hand.  Small  4to,  full  dark 
green  crushed  levant  morocco,  with  small  inlaid  design  of  narrow 
brown  and  light  green  bands  in  center  of  cover,  doublures  of  red 
morocco,  bordered  with  interlacing  bands  of  green  and  brown,  green 
silk  end  leaves,  gilt  edges ;  pictorial  wrappers  bound  in  and  chamois 
leather  lined  slip  case,  by  Chambolle-Duru. 

Paris,  n.  d.  [1905]     $150.00 

One  of  30  copies  on  Japan  paper,  witli  an  extra  set  of  uncolored  plates 
on  vellum  paper  bound  in  at  the  end. 

153.  MAUPASSANT  (GUY  DE).  Boule  de  Suif.  Illustrated 
hy  Francois  Thevenot,  engraved  on  wood  by  A.  Ramagnol.  Royal 
Svo,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  border  of  interlac- 
ing fillets,  gilt  inside  line  and  dot  border,  gray  figured  silk  lining 
and  doublures,  gilt  edges,  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Ruban. 

Paris,  1897.     $150.00 

One  of  12  copies  on  Japan  paper,  with  the  plates  in  three  states,  includ- 
ing remarque  proofs  on  China  paper,  and  an  extra  proof  impression  of  the 
figure  printed  in  colors  on  the  cover. 

154.  MAUPASSANT  (GUY  DE).  Le  Vagabond.  Lithogra- 
phies en  couleurs  par  Steinlein.    Royal  Svo. 

(Paris)  :  Imprime  aux  frais  de  la  Societe  de  Amis  des  Livres, 

1902.     $200.00 

Dark  brown  levant  morocco,  covered  with  a  geometrical  design  of  inter- 
lacings  on  a  background  of  thickly  studded  dots,  doublures  of  brown 
morocco,  gilt  over  uncut  edges,  with  the  original  covers  bound  in,  by  The 
Club  Bindery. 

One  of  115  copies  printed  for  members  of  the  "Societe." 

A  BEAUTIFUL  MAUPASSANT  VOLUME 

155.  MAUPASSANT  (GUY  DE).  Nouvelles:  Le  Retour,  La 
Ficelle,  Marroca.  Small  4to,  red  levant,  geometrically  tooled, 
doublure  of  vellum  gilt,  gilt  edges,  by  Lortic. 

Paris,  1894.     $125.00 

A  French  manuscript  written  in  Italic  characters  by  Victor  Bouton  on 
vellum  within  borders  of  red  with  gold  stars  at  the  corners.  Three  title 
pages  in  red,  gold  and  blue  letters,  one  title  in  red  and  gold  letters,  with 
chapter  initial  letters  in  three  colors.  Very  fine  Sepia  I'ortrait  of  De 
Maupassant,  3  pencil  vignettes,  and  one  pen-and-ink  sketch  at  the  end. 
Commences  with  a  very  interesting  12-page  Manuscript  Biography  of  He 
Maupassant  who  died  in  July,  1893.  With  a  short  account  of  his  Writ- 
ings. 

PRESENTATION  COPY  FROM  AUTHOR 

156.  MAUPASSANT  (GUY  DE).  Des  Vers.  12mo,  full  criin- 
son  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  scrolls  on  back,  sides  and  niside 

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bonlors.  iloiibluros  and  tlys  of  flowered  silk,  gilt  edges,  original  yel- 
low wrappt>rs  hound  in,  bv  Rousselle.     In  slip  ease. 

Paris :  G.  Charpentier,  1880.     $85.00 

First  EniTiON.  Exceedingly  scarce,  especially  with  the  wrappers.  In- 
soribotl  in  the  author's  autograph,  "a  Monsieur  Victor  Fournel.  Hommage 
de  I'autcur.  Guy  dc  Maupassant."  Etched  portrait  of  the  author  by  H. 
Toussjiint  inserted. 


rXIQUE  EDITION  DE  LUXE  IN  BEAUTIFUL  BINDING 

157.  MAUPASSANT  (GUY  DE).  Contes  Choisis.  Publies  et 
iinprime  aiix  frais  par  les  Bibliophiles  Contemporains  Societaires 
de  rAeademie  des  Beauxlivres.  (1)  Le  Loup;  (2)  Hautot  pere  et 
fils;  (3)  Allouraa;  (4)  Mouche;  (5)  Maison  Tellier;  (6)  Un  Soir; 
(7)  Le  Champ  d'Oliviers;  (8)  Mademoiselle  Fifi;  (9)  L'Epave; 
(10)  Une  partie  de  Campagne,  all  splendidly  illustrated  hy  Masters 
of  French  Etching.  Royal  8vo,  blue  levant  covered  with  a  rich 
floral  design  of  carnations,  orchids  and  birds,  tooled  and  inlaid  in 
gold  and  colors,  inside  borders  with  sprays  and  blossoms,  doublures 
and  end  leaves  of  figured  silk,  gilt  edges,  original  covers  bound  in, 
by  Meunier. 

Paris:  Imprimes  aux  Frais  des  Bibliophiles  Contemporains, 

1891-1892.     $250.00 

One  of  the  Most  Beautiful  Specimens  of  Artistic  French  Book- 
Making  Ever  Produced.  The  superb  Illustrations  accompanying  each 
piece  are  the  best  work  of  Paul  A\'ril,  Henri  Boutet,  Pierre  Vidal, 
Georges  JfiANNioT,  Van  Muyden  and  others.  Special  Copy  presented  to 
the  well  known  Bibliophile  and  Author  Octave  Uzanne.  Only  a  very  few 
Copies  were  printed  for  the  Members  of  the  Society  only,  and  there  were 
no  Copies  ever  offered  for  public  saJe. 

158.  MAYNEVILLE.  Chronique  du  temps  qui  fut  La  Jacque- 
rie. Illustratians  de  L.  0.  Merson,  gravures  de  Chessa  lettres  man- 
uscrites  par  Cossard.  Large  8vo,  full  crushed  dark  brown  levant 
morocco,  Jansen  style,  doublures  of  light  brown  levant  with  a 
rich  gilt-tooled  ornamental  design  covering  the  whole  panel,  flys 
of  dark  brown,  gilt  edges,  uncut,  original  covers  bound  in,  by 
Chambolle-Duru.  With  a  half  levant  morocco  folder,  richl.y  gilt, 
in  a  case. 

Paris :  Librairie  de  la  Collection  des  Dix,  1903.     $150.00 

One  of  25  copies  on  Japan  paper  with  the  40  etchings  in  four  states. 

159.  MENDES  (CATULLE).  Pour  lire  au  Couvent.  60  des- 
sins  de  Lucien  Metivet.  8vo,  full  crushed  lavender  levant  morocco, 
gilt-tooled  ornaments  on  covers  in  form  of  an  openwork  hinge,  gilt 

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PERSIAN    LACQUERED    BINDING    OF    THE    XVIII    CENTURY 

[number  145] 


GEORGE   D.    SMITH    EIGHT   EAST   FORTY-FIFTH   STREET   NEW   YORK 

tooled  inside  borders,  doublures  and  flys  of  fine  floriated  silk  tapes- 
try, gilt  edges,  uncut,  original  covers  bound  in,  by  Emile  Rousselle. 

Paris  [1887].     $40.00 
First  Edition.    One  of  25  copies  printed  on  China  paper. 

A  RICH  AND  EARLY  DEROME  BINDING 

160.  MERE  RIVALE  (LA).  Histoire  de  Temps,  dediee  le 
Due  de  la  Rochefoucault.  12mo,  contemporary  red  morocco,  gilt 
over  marbled  edges,  in  silk  drop  case.  Paris,  1672.     $125.00 

Mr.  Gibson  Craig  in  his  "Facsimiles  of  Old  Book  Binding"  describes 
the  volume:  " Eemarlcably  fine  specimen  of  the  binding  of  the  period, 
probably  by  one  of  the  first  of  the  fourteen  Deromes."  The  sides  ar» 
divided  into  spaces  by  a  diagonal  network,  which  spaces  are  filled  in  with 
the  monogram  of  a  former  proprietor,  "edsa,  "  also  repeated  down  the 
back. 

[see  illustration] 

161.  MERIMEE  (PROSPER).  Carmen.  Frontispiece  and  8 
vignettes  etched  by  A.  Nargeot  after  S.  Ancos,  each  plate  in  three 
states,  outline,  before  letters  and  campleted,  one  state  of  each  vi- 
gnette in  text.  8vo,  full  orange  crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt-tooled 
with  flowers,  scrolls,  &c.,  on  back,  sides  and  inside  borders,  dou- 
blures and  end  leaves  of  flowered  silk  tapestry,  gilt  edges,  original 
wrappers  bound  in,  by  Raparlier,  in  silk  case. 

Paris:  Calraann  Levy,  1884.     $125.00 

One  of  30  copies  on  Papier  Velin,  with  the  illustrations  in  three  statea 
A  brilliant  and  striking  example  of  this  binder's  art. 
[see  illustration] 

162.  MERIMEE  (PROSPER).  Colomba ;  Preface  by  Maurice 
Tourneux.  With  63  engravings  upon  wood  by  Noel  and  Paillard 
from  the  designs  of  Daniel  Vierge,  duplicate  proof  impressions. 
Imp.  Svo,  full  straight  grained  claret  levant  morocco,  heavily  tooled 
broad  borders  and  back,  to  a  "Romantic"  pattern  with  doublure 
of  straight  grained  olive  levant  morocco,  gilt  panels  and  borders, 
ffilt  tops,  uncut,  by  Chambolle-Duru.    In  chamois  lined  slip  cfise. 

Paris,  1904.     $175.00 

Edition  de  grande  luxe  upon  Japan  paper  of  which  only  one  hundred 
copies  were  printed.    The  present  copy  is  number  48  of  the  issue. 

TEXT  ENGRAVED  AND  PLATES  PRINTED  IN  COLORS 

163.  MERIMEE  (PROSPER).  L 'Enlevement  de  la  Redoutc. 
Illustrations  by  Maurice  Orange,  engraved  in  colors  by  Dccisy. 
Royal  Svo,  red  morocco,  wide  back  and  side  borders  tooled  in  hllcts, 
scrolls,  and  compartments  thickly  studded  with  small  dots,  gdt  over 
uncut  edges,  original  covers  bound  in,  by  Noulhac. 

Paris:  Rouquette,  1902.     $150.00 

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One  of  125  copies  on  large  vclhiin  paper,  with  the  illustrations  in  three 
stntoa  aiul  thr  tcri  enijravcd  throughout.  The  most  famous  of  all  Meri- 
niee's  Short  Stories. 

1(U.  MICIIELET  (JULES).  Therese  et  Marianne.  Souvenirs 
do  Jounesse.  Illustrations  de  V.  Foulquier.  12mo,  full  green 
levant  morocco,  gilt  back  in  compartments,  gilt  panels  and  borders, 
corner  ornaments,  doublures  and  flys  of  green  moire  silk,  gilt  edges 
on  tiie  rough,  original  wrappers  bound  in  with  slip  case  by  Ra- 
parlier.  Paris:   Librairie  L.   Conquet,   1891.     $65.00 

One  of  ^O  copies  on  Japan  paper,  with  the  etchings  in  two  states.  An 
etched  portrait  of  the  author  before  all  letters  is  inserted. 

MANUSCRIPT  IN  SPLENDID  JEWELLED  BINDING 

165.  MILTON  (JOHN).  L 'Allegro  and  II  Pensecroso.  A 
Manuscript,  Executed  by  Messrs.  Sangorski  &  Suteliffe.      $1,500.00 

Manuscript  written  out  on  vellum  and  elaborately  illuminated  with  minia- 
tures, borders,  and  capitals  in  color  and  raised  gold. 

Both  poems  are  symbolized  in  the  decoration  of  the  binding.  This  is  in 
brown  levant,  with  leather  joints,  blue  levant  doublures  and  fly  leaves,  and 
witli  the  whole  elaborately  inlaid,  gold-tooled,  and  set  with  12  amethysts, 
12  turquoises,  16  garnets,  8  moonstones,  12  chalcedonies,  a  ruby,  and  a 
number  of  pieces  of  Mother  of  Pearly  in  all  61  Precious  Stones. 

The  design  of  the  front  cover  is  an  interpretation  of  the  poem  "L 'Al- 
legro, ' '  both  in  color  and  detail  suggesting  the  joy  and  gladness,  and  the 
pleasure  of  gaiety  and  mirth  depicted  in  this  poem;  birds,  butterflies,  and 
bees  being  shown  amongst  a  wealth  of  roses  and  other  floral  decoration. 

In  contrast  to  this  the  back  cover  is  suggestive  of  the  poem  "II  Pen- 
seroso. ' '  As  the  poet  himself  has  interpreted  with  lyrical  perfection  of 
symbolic  expression  the  twofold  ideas  of  light  and  darkness,  joy  and  sor- 
row, gaiety  and  contemplation,  so  the  binder  has  endeavored  himself  in 
contrasting  the  decoration  of  the  front  and  back  cover  to  represent  the 
same  ideas.  The  back  cover  is  sombre  in  tone,  and  night  is  suggested 
by  a  little  moonlight  scene,  an  owl  being  a  prominent  feature,  and  a  bat 
is  decoratively  displayed  in  each  corner. 

The  design  of  this  binding  is  entirely  original  and  1,330  Separate 
Pieces  of  Inlay  are  Used. 

A   SIGNED    COBDEN-SANDERSON   BINDING 

166.  MILTON  (JOHN).  Paradise  Regained  and  other  Poems. 
Large  8vo.  London:  Doves  Press,  1905.     $300.00 

Only  300  copies  printed,  in  black  and  red,  at  the  Dove's  Press.  Choice 
copy  bound  in  full  blue  crushed  levant  both  sides  covered  with  interlaced 
floral  tooling  of  lilies  of  the  valley,  ornate  inside  borders,  gilt  edges,  at 
the  Dove 's  Bindery,  by  Cobden-Sanderson,  signed  ' '  The  Dove 's  Bindery, 
19-C-S,   '06. ' '     A  very  fine  example. 

[see  illustration] 

167.  MINIATURE  BINDING.  Souvenirs  of  Madame  Yigee-Le 
Brun.    2  vols.,  crown  8vo,  beautifully  bound  in  full  Rose  du  Barry 

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an  early  derome  rinding 
[number  i6o] 


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pink  levant  morocco  extra,  the  front  cover  of  each  volume  richly 
hand-tooled  in  gold,  with  5  miniatures  painted  on  ivory  by  Miss 
Currie,  after  pictures  by  Madame  Le  Brun ;  morocco  joints,  inside 
borders  tooled,  white  watered-silk  linings  and  ends,  gilt  tops,  other 
edges  uncut,  by  Riviere.  The  volumes  enclosed  in  a  double  slip- 
case  lined  with  chamois.  London :  Bentley,  1879.     $350.00 

The  subjects  of  the  10  miniatures  are  as  follows: 

Volume  I.  Mme.  Vigee-Le  Brun,  1800;  Duchesse  de  Polignac;  Mar- 
quise de  la  Guiche,  1788;  Comptesse  Catherine-Vassiliewna  Skavronsky, 
1790;  La  Grand-Duehesse  Elizabeth  Alexlewna. 

Volume  II.  Princesse  Anna-Alexandrowna  Golitzyne,  n^e  Princesse 
Grouzinsky;  Duchesse  de  Caderousse-Grammont,  1785;  Princesse  de  Talley- 
rand, 1783;  Mme.  Vig6e-Le  Brun,  1790;  Princesse  Tatiana-Vassiliewna 
Youssoupoff,  1797. 

168.  MOLIERE  (J.  B.  P.  DE).  L 'Amour  Medecin.  Illus- 
trations de  L.  Ed.  Fournier,  gravees  a  I'eau  forte  par  G.  Pen- 
nequin.  Small  folio,  full  crushed  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt  back 
in  compartments,  gilt  corner  ornaments,  fillet  border,  doublures  of 
brown  levant  morocco,  with  elaborate  gilt  frame  design,  silk  gros- 
grain  flys,  gilt  over  rough  edges,  by  Chambolle-Duru  in  chamois 
lined  slip  case.  Paris :  Edition  Ferroud,  1905.     $100.00 

One  of  25  copies  printed  on  Japan  paper,  with  an  original  pen-and-ink 
DRAWING  BY  FouRNiER,  and  the  etchings  in  three  states. 

Each  copy  numbered  and  initialled  by  the  publisher,  the  present  copy 
being  No.  21. 

169.  MOREAU  (HEGESIPPE).  Petits  Contes  a  ma  Soeur. 
62  illustrations  hy  Dunki,  engraved  on  wood  hy  Clement  Bellenger. 
4to,  full  light  brown  crushed  levant  morocco,  handsome  gilt  floral 
border  with  decorative  bands  of  red  and  blue,  mosaic  back,  broad 
gilt  inside  borders,  flowered  silk  lining,  gilt  over  rough  edges,  wrap- 
pers bound  in  in  morocco  lined  slip  case  by  Ruban. 

Paris,  1896.     $175.00 

One  of  25  copies,  on  old  Japan  paper,  with  two  extra  sets  of  the  illus- 
trations, proofs  on  Japan  and  China  paper,  signed  by  Bellenger,  and  an 

ORIGINAL  WATER-COLOR  DRAWING  by  Dunki  inserted. 

WITH  THE  ARTIST 'S  ORIGINAL  DRAWINGS 

170.  MORIN  (LOUIS).  Jeannik.  Histoires  d 'Autrefois. 
With  87  spirited  and  humorous  illustrations  hy  the  author.  8vo, 
dark  blue  crushed  levant,  doublures  of  olive  levant  inlaid  with  a 
rich  Mosaic  Floral  Design  of  lilac  and  red  levants,  finely  gilt,  gray 
silk  fly  leaves,  rough  edges  gilt,  original  pictorial  wrappers  bound 
in  and  in  slip  case  by  Rene  Kieffer. 

Paris:  Librairie  Illustree,  1885.     $175.00 

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First  Edition.  Unique  and  very  Handsame  Copy  having  inserted  29 
of  Morin  's  Oriijiiinl  Drawings  for  the  Bool',  in  Water-Colors  and  Pen-and- 
ink  and  19  Trial  Skciehcs  and  Proofs.  The  Author's  Own  Copy  in  a  Rich 
ami  Appropriate  Binding. 

171.  MORRIS  (WILLIAM).  Love  is  Enough;  or,  The  Free- 
ing; of  Pliaranioiul.  A  Morality.  8vo,  superbly  bound  by  Sangorski 
&  Sutcliffo,  in  dark  blue  levant  morocco,  with  an  outside  border 
of  red  levant  with  leaf  sprays  and  flowers  gold-tooled  and  the  back- 
ground filled-in  with  gold  pointille,  in  the  center  a  heart  shaped 
ornament  inlaid  in  blue  and  red  levant  and  gold-tooled  in  pointille 
and  with  Eight  Pearls  inset  in  the  circumference  of  the  heart,  the 
intervening  spaces  filled-in  with  a  design  of  lilacs  inlaid  in  white 
and  leaves  in  green  and  gold-tooled ;  doublures  of  brown  levant 
morocco  with  an  outside  border  of  blue  levant  with  lilies  inlaid  in 
white  and  leaves  in  green,  gold-tooled,  in  the  center  a  diamond- 
shaped  ornament,  inlaid  in  red  and  brown  levant,  gold-tooled,  with 
numerous  flowers  and  sprays  of  leaves  on  a  background  of  poin- 
tille, flies  of  blue  levant  morocco,  edges  gilt  on  the  rough.  In  a 
blue  morocco  silk-lined  case. 

London:  Ellis  and  White,  1873.     $450.00 

FiEST  Edition  in  a  wonderful  binding. 

172.  MUSAEUS.  Opusculum  de  Herone  et  Leandro.  Orphei 
Argonautiea.  Eiusdem  Hymni.  Orpheus  de  lapidibus.  Graece 
et  latine.  2  woodcuts.  8vo,  red  levant  morocco,  gilt  over  marbled 
edges,  by  Hardy-Mennil. 

Venetiis:  in  aedibus  Aldi  et  Andreae  soceri,  1517.     $30.00 

Aldine  anchor  at  beginning  and  end.  The  two  wood  engravings  are 
interesting  specimens  of  the  Italian  art  of  the  period.  The  book  clean, 
sound  and  very  tall. 

173.  MUSSET  (ALFRED  DE).  La  Mouche.  Preface  par 
Philippe  Gille.  30  etched  plates  by  Ad.  Lalauze,  25  being  in  three 
states  and  5  in  four  states,  including  in  each  case,  outline,  remarque 
and  signed  artist's  proof.  Royal  8vo,  full  orange  crushed  levant 
morocco,  gilt-tooled  back  and  lined  borders,  doublures  of  lavender 
levant  inlaid  with  brown  frame  festooned  with  rose-sprays,  cupid 
bows  and  conventional  tools,  flys  of  flowered  silk,  gilt  edges,  by 
.Mercier.  Paris,  1892.     $235.00 

One  of  only  30  copies  on  Japan  paper,  with  the  plates  as  above.    Extra- 

ILLUSTRATED    WITH   AN    ORIGINAL    WATER-COLOR   DRAWING   BY   LALAUZE. 

174.  MUSSET  (ALFRED  DE).  Les  Nuits  et  Souvenir. 
Portrait  d'apres  David  d' Angers.  Inter prete  par  Florian.  Illus- 
trations de  A.  Gerardin,  gravies  par  Florian.    Imp.  Svo,  full  blue 

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3rushed  levant  morocco,  back  richly  decorated  with  pointille  and 
burnished  gold  design  in  compartments,  covers  %vith  central  panel 
having  elaborate  pointille,  corner  ornaments,  gilt  inside  borders, 
marbled  flys,  with  doublures  and  linings  of  blue  moire  silk,  full  gilt 
edges  on  the  rough,  original  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Ruban. 

Paris:  Edouard  Pelletan,  1896.     $250.00 

One  of  25  copies  printed  on  Japan  paper,  with  the  plates  in  three  states, 
on  Japan  paper,  on  Japan  ancien,  and  on  China  paper.  The  set  on  Japan 
PAPER  HAS  BEEN  INSERTED,  as  no  Set  was  issued  with  the  platea  in  all 
three  states. 


175.  NAPOLEON,  ABRANTES  (Laure  Duchesse  d';  Mme. 
Junot).  Memoirs  of  Napoleon,  his  Court  and  Family.  Steel  por- 
traits. 3  vols.,  1883. — O'Meara  (Barry  Edward,  his  surgeon).  Na- 
poleon in  Exile ;  or,  A  Voice  from  St.  Helena.  Portraits  and  view. 
2  vols.,  1822. — Warden  (Wm.,  Surgeon  to  the  Northumberland). 
Letters  Written  on  Board  H.  M.'s  Ship  the  Northumberland,  and 
at  St.  Helena,  in  which  the  Conduct  and  Conversations  of  Napoleon 
are  described.  Portraits  and  facsimiles.  1816.  Together,  6  vols., 
8vo,  handsomely  bound  in  full  crushed  crimson  levant  morocco, 
extra,  with  green  levant  morocco  dqjiiblures,  elaborately  tooled,  and 
containing  12  large  and  beautifully  painted  Miniatures  of  the  Im- 
perial Family,  uncut,  gilt  tops,  by  Riviere. 

London,  1816-83.     $450.00 

The  12  miniatures  portray  Napoleon;  his  Father  and  Mother;  his  two 
Wives,  Josepldne  and  Marie  Louise;  his  Sisters,  Pauline  and  Eliza;  his 
Brothers,  Joseph,  Lueien,  Louis,  and  Jerome;  and  his  Son,  the  King  of 
Kome. 

176.  NEW  TESTAMENT.  The  New  Testament  of  Our  Lord 
and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  with  engravings  on  wood  from  designs 
of  Fra  Angelica,  Perugino,  Fra  Bartolommeo,  Titian,  Raphael  and 
others,  thick  4to  handsomely  bound  in  full  brown  levant  morocco, 
elaborately  tooled,  blue  corded  silk  linings  and  ends  by  Riviere. 

London:  Longmans,  1864.     $40.00 

Large  paper  copy  of  the  most  beautiful  modern  edition  of  the  New 
Testament.    Edition  limited  to  250  copies. 


VERY  CURIOUS  NEEDLEWORK  BINDING  OF  THE  TIME 

OF  CHARLES  I 

177.  NEW  TESTAMENT  and  The  Whole  Book  of  Psalmes  by 
T.  Sternhold,  I.  Hopkins,  W.  Whittingham,  with  apt  Notes  to  sing 
them  withall.  32mo.  Two  volumes,  bound  in  one  witli  reversed 
backs  enabling  the  book  to  be  opened  two  ways,  in  a  contemporary 

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embroidered  bindiiifr  of  white  satin  with  colored  flowers,  gauffred 
gilt  edges,  white  silk  markers. 

Loudon :  R.  Barker  and  the  Stationers  Co.,  1630.     $250.00 

The  binding  is  unfortunately  worn  and  frayed  but  of  such  curious  and 
unusual  interest  as  to  be  well  worthy  of  restoration  by  a  skilled  hand. 
With   MS  inscription  "Madam  Anne  Thompson." 

BOOK  OF  GREAT  ASSOCIATION  INTEREST;  FROM  THE 
LIBRARY   OF   MARIE   LECZINSKA 

178.  OFFICE  de  la  Semaine  Sainte  en  Latin  et  en  Francois 
a  Tusage  de  Rome  et  de  Paris.  Engraved  titles,  6  plates  and  3 
vignettes  hy  Scotin.  2  vols.,  8vo,  old  French  red  morocco,  broad 
dentelle  borders,  the  arms  of  Marie  Leczinska,  Queen  of  Louis 
XV,  in  the  centre  of  the  covers,  fleurs-de-lys  on  the  backs,  gilt 
paper  linings,  gilt  edges,  by  Padeloup.  Paris,  1728.     $175.00 

A  beautiful  book — a  rich  contemporary  binding — and  of  remarkable 
association  interest. 

[see  illustration] 

179.  OFFICIUIM  Hebdomfe  Sanctte.  18mo,  contemporary 
binding  in  red  morocco,  gilt-tooled  dentelle  borders  on  the  sides, 
ornamental  centre-pieces,  with  emblems  of  the  Passion  and  skulls, 
gilt  back  and  edges,  decorated  leather  and  brass  clasps. 

Venetiis,  1696.     $20.00 

A  very  unusual  and  interesting  specimen  of  Italian  late  17th  century 
bookbinding. 

CHISELLED  BINDING  BY  GRUEL 

180.  OlMAR  KHAYYAM,  Rubaiyat  of.  Rendered  into  English 
Verse  by  FitzGerald  (Edward),  Frontispiece.  Fourth  Edition. 
Small  4to,  polished  tan  calf,  with  front  cover  chiselled  to  a  design 
of  vine  leaves  and  butterflies,  chiselled  inside  border,  doublures  and 
end-leaves  of  silk  brocade,  gilt  edges,  by  Gruel.    In  case. 

Lond.:  Quaritch,  1879.     $125.00 

A  fine  specimen  of  Gruel's  workmanship. 

BEAUTIFUL  SPECIMEN  OF  JEWELLED  BINDING 

181.  OMAR  KHAYYAM,  Rubaiyat  of.  Translated  into  Eng- 
lish Verse  by  Edward  Fitzgerald.  With  an  Introduction  by  A.  C. 
Benson.  Reproduced  from  a  manuscript,  written  and  illuminated 
by  S.  Sangorski  &  Sutcliffe.  Printed  throughout  on  fine  quality 
Japanese  vellum  paper,  with  numerous  heautiful  full-page  illumi- 
Tuitions  and  decorative  borders  and  initials.    Small  folio,  full  blue 

50 


a  signed  cobdkn-sanderson  15inding 
[number  i66] 


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crushed  levant  morocco,  the  front  cover  most  elaborately  inlaid  and 
gold  tooled  with  a  peacock  design,  its  tail  set  with  31  garnets ;  jew- 
elled clasps,  doublures  of  dark  red  levant,  with  large  ornament 
tooled  and  inlaid  with  blue  levant,  in  centre  of  each  cover,  maroon 
watered  silk  linings,  gilt  edges,  by  Sangorski  and  Sutcliffe.  In  a 
cloth  case.  [London,   1910].     $550.00 

Beautiful  specimen  of  jewelled  binding. 

182.  ORIENTAL  SERIES.  Brinkley  (Captain  F.).  Japan, 
its  History,  Arts  and  Literature.  8  vols.;  China,  its  History, 
Art  and  Literature.  7  vols.  Superbly  illustrated  with  col- 
ored plates,  photographs,  outline  plates,  and  SPECIAL  WATER- 
COLORS,  of  scenes  in  China  and  Japan,  the  court,  the  industries, 
and  the  people,  costumes,  landscapes,  arms,  pottery,  etc.  Together, 
15  vols.,  large  8vo,  full  crimson  crushed  levant  morocco,  the  sides 
and  backs  ornamented  with  gold  tooling  and  inlays  of  various  col- 
ored leathers,  in  rosettes  and  lilies;  the  front  doublures  formed  by 
original  drawings  by  native  artists;  back  doublures  of  polished 
green  levant,  brocaded  silk  flies,  gilt  tops,  uncut. 

Boston  and  Tokyo:  (1902).     $750.00 

Special  Extra-Illustrated  Copy,  unique  in  point  of  binding  and  illus- 
tration. Printed  throughout  on  Japanese  vellum,  with  frontispieces 
and  other  plates  on  satin  and  a  large  number  of  dainty  marginal 
aquarelle  paintings. 

[see  illustration] 

183.  PADBLOUP  BINDING.  Nouveau  Livre  Paroissial  con- 
tenant  1 'office  du  soir  latin  et  fraugais,  a  1 'usage  du  diocese  de 
Sens.  Part  II.  12mo,  contemporary  binding  in  green  morocco, 
gilt-tooled  dentelle  borders  on  the  sides,  with  the  arms  of  a  noble 
French  family  in  the  centre  of  the  covers,  gilt  back  and  edges,  by 
Padeloup.    With  silk  linings.  Sens,  1760.     $35.00 

A  fine  specimen  of  Padeloup 's  binding,  and  in  good  condition. 

WITH  ORIGINAL  WATER  COLORS 

184.  PAILLERON  (EDOUARD).  Le  Theatre  chez  Madame. 
Square  12mo,  turquoise  blue  levant,  tooled  back,  inside  borders, 
rough  edges  gilt,  original  wrappers,  bound  in,  by  Chambolle- 
Dulu.  Paris,  1881.     $150.00 

A  unique  and  beautiful  volume  containing  24  higlily  original  wat^>r  color 
drawings  by  Louis  Morin. 

185.  PALFIN  (JEAN).  Description  Anatomique  dos  Parties 
de  la  Femme,  qui  servent  a  la  Generation;  Avec  un  Traite  dcs 
Monstres,  De  leur  Causes,  de  leur  Nature,  &  do  leur  differences. 

51 


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Fnmtispicce  a7id  scve7ity-six  engravings.  4to,  citron  levant  mo- 
rocco, back  and  sides  tooled  in  blue  mosaic  and  gold,  gilt  top,  uncut, 
by  David.  Leide,  1708.     $200.00 

With  the  fine  old  armorial  ex-libris  of  Sir  Joseph  Mawbey  Bart.  The 
onpravinjjs  exhibit  a  most  extraordinary  series  of  freaks  of  nature  both  in 
tlie  human  and  animal.  One  of  the  most  extraordinary  books  ever  pub- 
lislied. 

18G.  PASCHA  (JEAN).  La  Peregrination  Spirituelle  vers  la 
terre  saincte,  comme  en  lerusalem,  Bethlehem,  au  lordan,  etc., 
composee  en  langue  Thyoise,  et  nouuellement  trauslatee,  par  ven- 
erable Seigneur,  Nicolas  de  Leuze  diet  de  Praxinis.  Title  and 
each  page  within  woodcut  borders,  and  green  levant,  blind-tooled 
bordei-s,  doublures  of  red  levant,  gilt-tooled  leaf-branches  borders, 
gilt  edges,  bv  Lortic,  in  a  morocco  slip  case. 

Lovain:  lean  Bogardt,  1566.     $185.00 

A  most  curious  and  interesting  volume  containing  amongst  the  prayers 
and  spiritual  orations,  a  detailed  and  very  complete  Itinerary  to  Jerusalem 
for  the  use  of  pilgrims  journeying  there.     In  a  beautiful  Lortic  binding. 

A    BEAUTIFUL    AND    CHARACTERISTIC    SPECIMEN 

187.  PAYNE  (ROGER).  A  Curious  and  Neatly-Written  Man- 
uscript Book  of  Tables,  "Shewing  the  Golden  Number  and  the 
Epaet  from  the  birth  of  Jesus  down  to  the  year  1840."  (Inserted 
loosely  is  a  MS.  brochure,  in  the  same  writing,  containing  a  Table 
for  finding  the  Age  of  the  Moon,  A.  D.  1400-1854,  for  any  month 
in  any  year  during  the  period.)  Small  4to,  bound  in  russia,  back 
and  sides  richly  gilt  with  moons  and  crescents,  interspersed  with 
other  ornamentation.    In  case.  Circa,  1760.     $150.00 

A  charming  specimen  of  the  art  of  Roger  Payne  the  greatest  of  the  old 
English  bookbinders  and  in  very  brilliant  condition. 

188.  PERRAULT  (CHARLES).  Histoire  de  Peau  D'Ane. 
Printed  in  red  and  black,  with  frontispiece,  ivoodcut  designs  and 
ornamental  initials  by  Lucien  Pissarro.  8vo,  full  levant  morocco, 
gilt  backs  and  covers,  gilt  top,  uncut,  with  original  covers  bound  in. 

Lond.:  Eragny  Press,  1902.     $25.00 
One  of  230  copies  printed. 

189.  PETRONIUS.  Introduction  et  Fragments  par  Jerome 
Doucet.  With  8  very  original  designs  by  Louis  Fournier  exqui- 
sitely etched  by  Xavier  Lesuer.  8vo,  russet  levant  with  large  Mo- 
saic centre  Panels  of  Arabesque  Scrolls  in  light  brown,  red  and 
maroon  levant,  brown  satin  linings  and  fly-leaves,  gilt  top,  uncut, 
original  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Rene  Kieffer,  Paris. 

Librairie  des  Amateurs,  1902.     $75.00 

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ROYAL    BINDING    BY    PADHl.OUP 

[number   17SJ 


GEORGE   D.    SMITH   EIGHT   EAST   FORTY-FIFTH   STREET   NEW  YORK 

One  of  25  Copies  on  Japan  paper  with  the  Fine  etchings  in  three  states 
and  tints.  One  of  the  most  Kemarkable  specimens  of  the  French  Etcher's 
Art  Produced  in  recent  years.    In  a  beautiful  and  appropriate  Binding. 

190.  PHILLIPS  (SIR  CLAUDE).  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds.  WjU 
9  plates.  Royal  8vo,  full  green  levant  morocco,  with  charming  min- 
iature of  Miss  Penelopy  Boothby,  painted  on  ivory  by  ]\Iiss  Currie 
after  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds;  tooled  with  a  design  in  gold  to  repre- 
sent a  frame,  Japanese  silk  ends  and  linings,  gilt  edges,  by  Riviere. 
In  a  case.  London,  1894.     $200.00 

Large  Paper  Copy. 

191.  PRAYER.  The  Book  of  Common  Prayer  and  Adminis- 
tration of  the  Sacraments.  12mo,  contemporary  English  binding 
in  dark  green  morocco,  the  sides  richly  gilt  tooled  in  compartments 
with  floral  and  other  ornaments,  gilt  back  and  edges,  in  the  manner 
of  Charles  Mearne.  Cambridge,  1750.     $35.00 

Very  favorable  specimen  of  the  "cottage"  style  of  old  English  Bind- 
ing. 

FROM  THE  FAMOUS  DE  THOU  LIBRARY 

192.  PRECATIONES  MEDICORUM  PIAE.  Ad  varios  usus 
tiim  studiorum  tiim  etiam  operum  artis  Quarum  multae  aliarura 
quoq;  artium  studiosis  vsui  est  possunt  ...  a  lacobo  Ilorstio 
D.  Medicinee.  Variegated  pictorial  borders  to  every  page  engraved 
upon  wood.     12mo,  old  olive  levant  morocco,  gilt  edges. 

[colophon]  Helmstadtii.   lacobus  Lucius,  1585.    $100.00 

The  arms  and  crest  of  De  Thou  impressed  on  sides  in  gold  and  with 
his  name  beneath  "Jac.  August  Thuanus. "  Enclosed  in  a  green  levant 
slip  case  by  the  Club  Bindery.  A  volume  of  the  highest  association  inter- 
est apart  from  its  curiosity  as  a  XVI  century  religio-medical  treatise. 


FROM  THE  LIBRARY  OF  LOUIS  XIV 

193.  PSALMS.  Le  David  Moderne  ou  la  Traduction  en  vers 
des  sept  Pseaumes  de  dom  Antoine  Roy  de  Portugal,  dediee  au 
Roy  par  M.  de  Vertron.  Manuscript  beautifully  written  on  41 
leaves  of  pure  white  vellum,  title  page  in  red,  blue  and  gold,  with 
border,  also  18  beautiful  head  and  tail  pieces,  gold  ruled  borders  to 
every  page.  [Paris],  1703.     $300.00 

A  beautiful  manuscript  highly  characteristic  of  the  period  and  having 
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200.  ROWLANDSON  PLATES.  Journal  of  Sentimental 
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207  SCOTT  (SIR  WALTER).  Works  Complete  with  a  Gen- 
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RARE   EDITION   OF   SHAKESPEARE'S  POEMS 

209.  SHAKESPEARE.  A  Collection  of  Poems  in  two  Vol- 
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which  were  publish 'd  by  himself  in  the  year  1609  and  now  cor- 
rectly printed  from  those  Editions.  The  First  Volume  contains 
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sionate Pilgrim.  IV.  So7ne  Sonnets  set  to  sundry  Notes  of  Mji- 
sic.  The  Second  Volume  contains  One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Four 
Sonnets,  all  of  them  in  Praise  of  His  Mistress.     II.  A  Lover's 

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Complaint  of  his  Angry  Mistress.  Edited  by  Charles  G1L4DON. 
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210.  SHELLEY  (PERCY  BYSSHE).  Posthumous  Poems. 
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211.  SHELLEY  (PERCY  BYSSHE).  The  Cenci.  A  Tra- 
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off  case.  Italy :  Printed  for  C.  and  J.  Oilier,  London,  1819.     $300.00 

First  Edition.     Miss  Prideaux 's  elegant  bindings  are  much  desired  by 
collectors.     This  is  a  fine  example. 

212  SHELLEY  (PERCY  BYSSHE).  The  Revolt  of  Islam; 
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The  original  work  was  suppressed  almost  immediately  after  publica- 
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sages. In  the  re-issue  Cyntha  was  described  as  an  orphan  brought  up  in 
the  house  of  Laon  's  parents  instead  of  being  his  sister,  as  in  this  issue. 

213.  SIDNEY  (SIR  PHILIP).  Astrophel  &  Stella.  Wherein 
the  Excellence  of  Sweet  Poesy  is  Concluded.  Edited  from  the 
Folio  of  :\IDXCVIII.  By  Alfred  Pollard.  Portrait.  Square  8vo, 
handsomely  hound  in  full  blue  levant  morocco  gilt  tooled,  gilt  top, 
uncut,  hy  RivieIre.  London:  David  Stott,  1888.     $35.00 

A  beautiful  book  in  a  beautiful  binding. 

STRANGE  SCENES  OF  ARAB  LIFE 

214.  SLIMAN-BEN-IBRAHIM.  Mirages.  Scenes  de  la  Vie 
Arabe.  Illustrated  with  54  striking  designs  most  beautifully 
printed  in  colors,  illuminated  title-page  and  Arabesque  Ornaments, 
by  Etienne  Dinet,  together  with  portraits  of  the  Author  and  the 
Illustrator.  8vo,  light  brown  crushed  levant,  the  sides  covered 
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sides  and  backs  gold-tooled  in  conventional  floral  designs  with 
straight  lines,  morocco  joints,  doublures  of  green  levant,  gold-tooled 
with  an  interlaced  border  of  4-line  fillets,  flies  of  green  moire  silk, 
gilt  tops,  other  edges  uncut,  by  Kiviere. 

London:  Humphreys,   1903.     $65.00 

One  of  the  rarest  of  Humphrey's  beautifully  printed  issues,  on  hand- 
made paper. 

The  binding  is  an  unusually  delicate  one  and  clearly  shows  the  influence 
of  Cobden  Sanderson  upon  the  art. 

237.  VIGNY  (ALFRED  DE).  Stello.  Avec  une  Introduction 
de  Jules  Case.  Many  fine  woodcut  illustrations  in  two  states,  text 
and  full-page,  and  other  letter  des'igns,  all  engraved  hy  Eugene 
Dete.  4to,  full  dark-brown  straight-grain  morocco,  sides  elabo- 
rately gilt  and  blind-tooled  in  panels,  back  and  inside  borders, 
doublures  and  end-leaves  of  brown  silk,  gilt  over  rough  edges,  by 
Canape.    In  case  lined  with  chamois  leather.    Paris,  1901.     $90.00 

Large  Paper.  One  of  130  copies  printed  on  China  paper.  Printed  for 
the  ' '  Soeiet6  Artistique  du  Livre  Illustr6, ' '  signed  by  the  Directeur. 

The  binding  is  a  very  beautiful  and  characteristic  example  of  the  "Ro- 
mantic" style. 

UNIQUE  COPY  IN  A  RICH  MOSAIC  BINDING 

238.  VILLIERS  DE  L 'ISLE— ADAM  AUGUSTE.  Premieres 
Poesies,  Fantaisies  Nocturnes,  Hermosa,  Les  Preludes.  Chant  du 
Calvaire.  12mo,  bronze  levant,  inlaid  on  covers  with  Orchid 
Flowers  in  mosaic,  Doublures  of  light  blue  levant  inlaid  with  Bees 
and  Leaf  ornaments  in  mosaic,  silk  fly-leaves,  rough  edges  gilt, 
original  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Meunier. 

Lyon:  N.  Scheuring  &  Cie,  1859.     $150.00 

First  Edition  of  these  charming  poems.  The  only  copy  printed  on 
gilt  honey-comb  paper  and  in  a  beautiful  mosaic  binding.  Inserted  is  a 
fine  two-page  Autograph  Letter  signed  of  the  poet's,  on  literary  matters 
and  referring  to  Madame  Adam. 

THE   FAMOUS   ELZEVIR   PRESS 

239.  VIRGIL.  Polydori  Vergilii  Urbinatis  de  Inventoribus 
Rerum.  Libri  VIII  et  de  Prodigiis  Libri  III.  Engraved  title. 
12mo,  full  old  red  morocco,  gilt  back,  gilt  edges, 

Amstelodami :  Danielum  Elzevirum,  1671.     $60.00 

Tall,  clean  and  sound  copy  of  this  famous  volume  from  the  Elzevir  Press 
in  a  fine  binding  of  the  period  and  style  of  Derome. 

240.  VIRGIL.  The  Eclogues.  Done  into  English  by  J.  W. 
Maekail.    Frontispiece.    Narrow  12mo,  light  brown  polished  levant 

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morocco,  pilt  tooled  ornaments  in  centre  and  comers  of  covers, 
lavender  watered  silk  doublure  and  end  leaves,  gilt  top,  uncut,  by 
Toof.  Portland,  IMe.:  Tbos.  B.  Mosher,  1898.     $27.50 

Olio  of  r->0  copies  printed  on  Japan  paper. 

VOLTAIRE'S  FIRST  PUBLICATION 

241.  VOLTAIRE  (J.  F.  M.  AROUET  DE).  (Edipe.  Tra- 
gedie.  Devke  on  title,  8vo  in  fine  contemporary  binding  of  crim- 
son levant  morocco,  gilt  over  marbled  edges. 

Paris:  Pierre  Ribou,  etc.,  1719.     $90.00 

Beautiful  copy  of  tliis  exceedingly  scarce  book — THE  first  publication 

OF  THE   FAMOUS   FRENCH   PHILOSOPHER. 

242.  VOLTAIRE  (JEAN  F.  M.  AROUET  DE).    Zadig;oula 

Destinee,  Histoire  Orientale.  Illustrated  with  8  plates  in  colors 
after  Gamier,  Rops,  and  Rohaudi,  engraved  hy  Oaujean.  Royal 
8vo,  full  blue  crushed  levant  morocco,  with  an  intricate  inlaid 
design  of  narrow  interlacing  bands  of  vari-colored  morocco,  form- 
ing a  broad  panel  border,  doublures  of  brown  levant  morocco, 
with  an  elaborate  conventional  design  composed  of  various  colored 
inlays,  brocade  silk  end-leaves,  gilt  edges,  original  wrappers  bound 
in,  by  Meunier.    In  case,  with  extra  half  morocco  cover. 

Paris,  1893.     $450.00 

One  of  50  copies  with  the  plates  in  four  states,  showing  the  color  process. 
Printed  for  the  Membres  titulaires  de  la  Societe  des  Amis  des  Livres. 


THE  DEDICATION  COPY  BOUND  FOR  LOUIS  XV 

243.  VOLTAIRE  (J.  A.  DE).  Le  Poeme  de  Fontenoy.  Thin 
4to,  original  red  morocco,  the  sides  studded  with  Fleurs  de  Lys  in 
gold  with  the  Large  Arms  of  Louis  XV  superimposed  in  the  centre 
of  each  cover  by  the  King's  Binder,  gilt  edges. 

A  Paris  de  I'Imprimerie  Royale,  1745.     $250.00 

The  very  Eare  First  Edition  of  one  of  Voltaire's  finest  poems  written  to 
commemorate  the  Victory  of  the  French  Army  under  Maurice  de  Saxe  over 
the  Allied  English  Dutch  and  Austrian  Forces,  at  the  Village  of  Fontenoy 
in  Belgium.  A  Former  owner  has  written  an  interesting  note  on  the  last 
blank  leaf  to  the  effect  that  he  had  bought  the  volume  in  Paris  at  the 
Annison  Sale  in  December,  1795  for  750  livres  in  "Assignats. "  The 
Binding  is  in  the  Choicest  Possible  State  of  Preservation. 
[see  illustration] 

IMPORTANT  WORK  ON  THE  HISTORY  OF  THE  DANCE 

244.  VULLIER  (GASTON).  La  Danse.  Illustrated  mth  sev- 
eral hundred  full-page  photogravure  plates,  half-tone  text  draw- 

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GEORGE   D,    SMITH    EIGHT   EAST   FORTY-FIFTH    STREET   NEW  YORK 

ings,  etc.,  some  of  which  are  colored  ly  hand.  Folio,  full  green 
crushed  levant  morocco,  gilt  back  in  compartments,  triple  fillet  bor- 
der on  covers,  doublures  of  maroon  levant  morocco,  elaborate  gilt 
panel,  sides  entwined  with  roses,  a  basket  of  flowers  suspended 
from  top,  corner  ornaments,  marbled  flys,  with  handsome  brocaded 
silk  linings,  gilt  edges  on  the  rough  in  chamois  lined  slip  case, 
original  wrappers  bound  in,  by  Chambolle-Duru. 

Paris:  Hachette  et  Cie,  1898.     $200.00 

One  of  10  copies  printed  on  De  Luxe  Japan  paper.  A  number  of  ap- 
propriate illustrations,  some  in  color,  have  been  laid  in.  One  is  by  I.  R.  &  G. 
Cruikshank. 


OF  WASHINGTON  ASSOCIATION  INTEREST 

245.  WASHINGTON  (GEORGE).  General  View  of  the 
Agriculture  of  the  County  of  Norfolk,  etc.  Map  (repaired  in  folds) 
and  plates.  8vo,  contemporary  tree-calf.  In  a  full  crimson 
straight-grain  morocco  slip  case.  Norwich,  1796.     $350.00 

With  the  bookplate  of  George  Washington  Parke  Custis,  inscribed  by  him 
on  lower  part  "Arlington  House,  Dist.  Colum'a. "  On  the  fly-leaf  is  a 
full-page  inscription  written  and  signed  by  Custis,  in  which  he  states: 
' '  This  worlc  was  presented  to  General  Washington  by  Sir  John  Sinclair. — 
Presented  to  Francis  Nelson  Esqr.,  the  grandson  of  a  Patriot,  a  States- 
man, and  a  Soldier  of  the  Revolution,  one  of  those  Washington  most  loved," 
etc. 

The  upper  margin  of  the  title-page  has  been  cut  out  and  another  piece 
of  paper  replaces  it,  on  which  is  written  the  autograph  of  George  Wash- 
ington. 

Sir  John  Sinclair,  author  of  the  Letters  on  Agriculture,  was  a  fre- 
quent correspondent  of  General  Washington. 

246.  WHYTE-MELVILLE  (J.  G.).  Works  Complete,  edited 
by  Sir  Herbert  Maxwell.  Colored  and  other  illustrations  hy  JIugh 
Thomson,  H.  M.  Brock,  R.  Caldwell,  Harrington  Bird,  and  others, 
BEST  LIBRARY  EDITION,  printed  in  large  clear  type,  24  vols.,  8vo, 
newly  and  richly  bound  in  full  green  crushed  levant  morocco, 
inlaid  with  maroon  levant  design  of  saddle  and  whip  on  both  covers, 
gilt  edges,  crimson  watered  silk  end  leaves  and  doubi-uuks  of 
crimson  levant  inlaid,  in  blue  and  green  to  a  floral  design, 

London,   1898.     $425.00 

A  very  choice  set  of  these  interesting  sporting  stories  in  rcMuarkably  fine 
condition  and  binding.     Best  edition. 

THE  JESUIT  FATHERS  IN  JAPAN  AND  INDIA,  1570 

247.  XAVIER  (ST.  FRANCIS).  Epistoloe  Indicoe  et  Japanictc 
de  multarum  gentium  ad  Christi  fidem,  per  Socictatem  Jcsu  con- 
versione.     Item  de  Tartarorum  potentia,  moribus,  et  totius  Asire 

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rolifri<">iie.  Borders  to  title  pages.  2  vols,  in  one.  12mo,  brown 
levant,  the  sides  and  back  tooled  with  Rich  Grolier  desij^n  of  inter- 
lat'iiitr  bands  of  black  and  brown  levant  f^ilt,  doublure  of  green 
levant,  tooled  with  gold  Lilies,  gilt  edges  by  Cape. 

Lovanii :  apud  Rutgerum  Velpium,  1570.     $125.00 

An  excessively  rare  Collection  of  Letters  relating  the  accounts  of  their 
Missions  in  India,  Japan  and  Tartary  by  St.  Francis  Xavier  and  Melchior 
Nunez,  Balthazar  Gage,  Cosmo  Torris,  Antony  Quadri,  Balthazar  Diaz  and 
others.     In  a  magnificent  binding. 


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